Patent ID: 8144682

Claim:
A method of determining a position of a mobile device in a time division multiplexed communication system, the method comprising: receiving a synchronized position location slot, wherein the synchronized position location slot includes a plurality of sub-slots assigned to a plurality of position location signal sources, and an identifier indicating the synchronized position location slot includes position location information, the synchronized position location slot having a first position location signal corresponding to a first position location signal source in a first sub-slot and a blank sub-slot from a second position location signal source in at least the first sub-slot; determining from the first sub-slot in the synchronized position location slot, the first position location signal corresponding to the first position location signal source; determining from a second sub-slot in the synchronized position location slot, a second position location signal corresponding to the second position location signal source; and determining a timing related to position based on the first and the second position location signals.