Patent ID: 8213957

Claim:
A network autonomous wireless location system (NAWLS) configured to locate a mobile device having a wireless communications transceiver for communicating with a wireless communications network (WCN), comprising: a) a radio network monitor (RNM) configured to passively monitor two or more radio air interfaces; b) a network emulator (NE) configured to emulate one or more WCN, said one or more WCN possessing one or more radio air interfaces; and c) an untethered wireless location system (U-WLS), said U-WLS comprising a plurality of mobile receiver sites, wherein each of said mobile receiver sites includes a receiver configured to receive uplink radio signals from said mobile device, and means for determining a precise location and velocity for the mobile receiver site, said U-WLS configured to determine a precise location and velocity of the mobile device from radio signal information received by said plurality of mobile receiver sites; wherein said U-WLS is connected to the NE via a digital data link, and wherein said U-WLS is configured to use said digital data link to inform the NE that a location has been completed, that additional power is needed to locate the mobile device, that an inter-RAT (radio access technology) handoff is needed, and/or that allocation to a traffic channel is needed.