Abstract: The present invention is a novel and improved method and apparatus for performing position location in wireless communications system. One embodiment of the invention comprises a method for performing position location comprising the steps of receiving signal samples, generating a coarse acquisition sequence, rotating the coarse acquisition sequence yielding a rotated coarse acquisition sequence, and applying the rotated coarse acquisition sequence to the signal samples at a set of time offsets yielding correlated output data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 9, 1998
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2001
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated
Inventors:
Inyup Kang, Gilbert C. Sih, Qiuzhen Zou