Time-of-arrival estimation for E-OTD location in GERAN

Author

Fischer, S. ; Kangas, A.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Eurolab, Nuremberg, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

Oct. 3 2001-Sept. 30 2001

Abstract

In this paper, the problem of time-of-arrival (TOA) estimation for E-OTD location in a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN) is described. To increase the number of available bursts for TOA estimation (and therefore increase the accuracy), the mobile can use bursts from all time slots. However, this requires that the TOA estimation algorithm is able to handle GMSK and 8PSK bursts without a-priori knowledge about the modulation scheme. In this paper, the mutual effect of different modulation formats on the TOA estimation performance for E-OTD location is investigated. A TOA estimation algorithm is described, which does not require a blind detection of the modulation scheme.

Keywords

cellular radio; minimum shift keying; modulation; packet radio networks; parameter estimation; phase shift keying; radio access networks; telecommunication traffic; 8PSK burst; E-OTD location; GERAN; GMSK burst; GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network; TOA estimation; time-of-arrival estimation; Communication switching; Demodulation; Filters; GSM; Linear approximation; Packet switching; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Switching circuits; Time of arrival estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2001 12th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7244-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2001.965308

Filename

965308