The existing Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) wireless location detection methods use a Taylor's series based iterative method for solving the hyperbolic equation. This iterative method is computationally intensive and is not suitable for practical applications. Furthermore, if the initial guess is not very close to the actual solution then the calculation may not converge. Although several algorithms have been developed for location detection systems, an effective solution for the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) based wireless communication system is yet to be found. In this thesis, we propose a position location estimation technique for CDMA wireless communications system. The proposed technique utilizes the Chan-Ho method for solving the hyperbolic equation, which provides faster solution to the hyperbolic equation and does not suffer from the convergence problem. The performance of the proposed position location technique has been tested via simulation considering different system parameters, such as channel noise, path loss, fading and variable position of the user. The simulation results show that the proposed position location technique can successfully determine the position of a wireless user under various challenging scenarios.
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