CA2371359C - A method of and apparatus for estimating a characteristic of a signal - Google Patents

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CA2371359C
CA2371359C CA002371359A CA2371359A CA2371359C CA 2371359 C CA2371359 C CA 2371359C CA 002371359 A CA002371359 A CA 002371359A CA 2371359 A CA2371359 A CA 2371359A CA 2371359 C CA2371359 C CA 2371359C
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Luis Lopes
Eric Villier
Brendon Ludden
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W64/00—Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S5/00—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations
    • G01S5/02—Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations using radio waves

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WO2000069205A1 (en) 2000-11-16
JP2002544734A (ja) 2002-12-24
CN1349724A (zh) 2002-05-15
AU5213100A (en) 2000-11-21
ATE320154T1 (de) 2006-03-15
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US6256494B1 (en) 2001-07-03
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