This disclosure is directed to a repeater (14) of a wireless communication system (6) that includes a positioning unit (4), such as a GPS receiver, in order to calculate the location of the repeater (14). In addition, various techniques are described that exploit the positioning information generate
This disclosure is directed to a repeater (14) of a wireless communication system (6) that includes a positioning unit (4), such as a GPS receiver, in order to calculate the location of the repeater (14). In addition, various techniques are described that exploit the positioning information generated by the repeater (14) in order to improve the wireless communication system (6).
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1. A method comprising: receiving positioning information from a repeater of a wireless communication system indicative of a location of the repeater, the positioning information being based, at least in part, on positioning signals received by the repeater; andgenerating position assistance informa
1. A method comprising: receiving positioning information from a repeater of a wireless communication system indicative of a location of the repeater, the positioning information being based, at least in part, on positioning signals received by the repeater; andgenerating position assistance information for a subscriber unit in communication with the repeater based, at least in part, on the location of the repeater. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit of the wireless communication system; andgenerating the position assistance information further based, at least in part, on the information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit. 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising sending the position assistance information to the subscriber unit. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the position assistance information identifies a set of positioning system satellites that are in view to the subscriber unit. 5. The method of claim 2, wherein the information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit comprises phase offsets, and the signals detected by the subscriber unit are associated with base stations of the wireless communication system. 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving positioning information for a receiving device;receiving positioning information for a sending device;receiving observed information indicative of signals sent from the sending device to the receiving device; andcalculating a repeater delay for signals sent from the sending device to the receiving device through the repeater based, at least in part, on the positioning information for the repeater, the positioning information for the receiving device, the positioning information for the sending device, and the observed information. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein calculating the repeater delay comprises: identifying a predicted delay based, at least in part, on distances between the sending device and the repeater and the repeater and the receiving device;identifying an observed delay from the observed information; andcalculating the repeater delay as a difference between the observed delay and the predicted delay. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein identifying the observed delay comprises identifying from the observed information a phase offset of pilot symbols relative to system time associated with the wireless communication system. 9. An apparatus for use in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising: a receiver to receive positioning information from a repeater of a wireless communication system indicative of a location of the repeater, the positioning information being based, at least in part, on positioning signals received by the repeater; anda position assistance unit to generate position assistance information for a subscriber unit in communication with the repeater based, at least in part, on the location of the repeater. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a transmitter to send the position assistance information to the subscriber unit. 11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the position assistance information identifies a set of positioning system satellites that are in view to the subscriber unit. 12. The apparatus of claim 9, the receiver to receive information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber, wherein the signals detected by the subscriber unit are associated with base stations of the wireless communication system, and the position assistance unit to generate the position assistance information further based, at least in part, on the information indicative of the signals detected by the subscriber. 13. An article comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a control unit in a device of a wireless communication system to: access positioning information received from a repeater indicative of a location of the repeater, the positioning information being based, at least in part, on positioning signals received by the repeater;access information received via the repeater indicative of signals detected by a subscriber unit in communication with the repeater; andgenerate position assistance information for the subscriber unit based, at least in part, on the location of the repeater and the information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit. 14. The article of claim 13, further comprising instructions executable by the control unit to send the position assistance information to the subscriber unit. 15. The article of claim 13, wherein the position assistance information identifies a set of positioning system satellites that are in view to the subscriber unit. 16. The article of claim 13, wherein the information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit comprises phase offsets, wherein the signals are associated with base stations of the wireless communication system. 17. An apparatus comprising: means for receiving positioning information from a repeater of a wireless communication system indicative of a location of the repeater, the positioning information being based, at least in part, on positioning signals received by the repeater; andmeans for generating position assistance information for a subscriber unit in communication with the repeater based, at least in part, on the location of the repeater. 18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising: means for receiving information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit of the wireless communication system; andmeans for generating the position assistance information further based, at least in part, on the information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising: means for sending the position assistance information to the subscriber unit. 20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the position assistance information identifies a set of positioning system satellites that are in view to the subscriber unit. 21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the information indicative of signals detected by the subscriber unit comprises phase offsets, and the signals detected by the subscriber unit are associated with base stations of the wireless communication system. 22. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising: means for receiving positioning information for a receiving device;means for receiving positioning information for a sending device;means for receiving observed information indicative of signals sent from the sending device to the receiving device; andmeans for calculating a repeater delay for signals sent from the sending device to the receiving device through the repeater based, at least in part, on the positioning information for the repeater, the positioning information for the receiving device, the positioning information for the sending device, and the observed information. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the means for calculating the repeater delay comprises: means for identifying a predicted delay based, at least in part, on distances between the sending device and the repeater and the repeater and the receiving device;means for identifying an observed delay from the observed information; andmeans for calculating the repeater delay as a difference between the observed delay and the predicted delay. 24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the means for identifying the observed delay comprises: means for identifying from the observed information a phase offset of pilot symbols relative to system time associated with the wireless communication system. 25. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the means for receiving the positioning information receives the positioning information over a wired connection to a packet-based network. 26. The method of claim 1, wherein the positioning information is received over a wired connection to a packet-based network. 27. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the positioning information is received over a wired connection to a packet-based network. 28. The article of claim 13, wherein the positioning information is received over a wired connection to a packet-based network.
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