Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-19
2007-06-19
Tran, Cong Van (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S456200, C455S456400, C455S456300, C455S414200, C455S422100, C455S414400, C342S357490, C342S357490, C342S357490, C342S357490, C342S352000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10260909
ABSTRACT:
To address the need for faster location determination by GPS-equipped units, this application describes embodiments of the present invention that provide GPS-assist data to a remote unit (110) that is determining its location. This GPS assist data is relative to a central point of a grid element that contains the particular remote unit. The grid element is a geographical area within which a predetermined number of GPS satellites are viewable from anywhere within the grid element. By providing GPS-assist data for a grid element, the remote unit receives GPS-assist data sufficiently local in nature to help it determine its location more quickly. Also, because there are significantly fewer grid elements than cell sites over a region such as the US, the maintenance of current GPS-assist data on a grid element basis requires less network bandwidth than it would on a cell site basis.
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Drawert Bruce M.
Longhurst Audrey
Motorola Inc.
Nguyen Khai
Tran Cong Van
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