TDOA-BASED RECONSTRUCTION OF BASE STATION LOCATION DATA

摘要

Methods and apparatus for determining a position estimate for a base station transceiver node in a wireless communication system are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises obtaining (410, 510, 610) a first set of time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) measurement data from a first plurality of mobile stations, the first set of TDOA measurement data corresponding to5 transmissions received at the first plurality of mobile stations from the first base station transceiver node and a second base station transceiver node, obtaining (420, 520, 620) first mobile station location data identifying a mobile station position corresponding to each TDOA measurement represented in the first set of TDOA measurement data, and computing (430, 530, 640) an estimated position for the base station transceiver node as a function of the first 10 mobile station location data and the first set of TDOA measurement data.