Inventors:
Gilbert C. Sih - San Diego CA
Qiuzhen Zou - San Diego CA
Inyup Kang - San Diego CA
Ian J. Fevrier - San Diego CA
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated - San Diego CA
International Classification:
H04Q 720
Abstract:
The present invention is a novel and improved method and apparatus for performing position location in wireless communications system. One embodiment comprises a method for performing position location using a set of signals transmitted from a set of satellites including the steps of storing coarse search data, performing a coarse search on said coarse search data for each satellite from said set of satellites, receiving fine search data, performing a set of fine searches on said fine search data, each fine search being performed on a different time segment of said fine search data, and reporting results.