Patent ID: 7945212
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G01S,H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a wireless communication system with a network overlay geo-location system, wherein the wireless system includes plural base stations and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), each of said plural base stations including one or more pre-assigned sectors defining a coverage area of the respective base station and wherein one or more of the plural base stations include a smart antenna, a method for determining a location of a target mobile appliance comprising the steps of: determining a serving sector from the pre-assigned sectors in the MSC; determining from a database whether the serving sector's base station has a smart antenna; scanning antennas elements of the serving sector's base station, prior to pattern forming, for the target mobile appliance's signal to determine the actual sector serving the mobile appliance; and, tasking sensors in proximity of actual sector to locate the mobile appliance.