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Disclosed is a method of measuring time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter (120) to a receiver (110-n). The method comprises: modulating a plurality of narrowband signal portions onto different carrier frequencies; transmitting, by the transmitter, each modulated signal portion to
Disclosed is a method of measuring time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter (120) to a receiver (110-n). The method comprises: modulating a plurality of narrowband signal portions onto different carrier frequencies; transmitting, by the transmitter, each modulated signal portion to the receiver; receiving, by the receiver, the transmitted signal portions; estimating the channel impulse response by combining (610) the received signal portions; and measuring (620) the time of arrival using the estimated channel impulse response. Further disclosed is a method of measuring a time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. The method comprises: estimating a noise level (1310) in an impulse response of a channel between the transmitter and the receiver; finding a first peak (1330) in the channel impulse response that is not noise or a side lobe of a subsequent peak, using the estimated noise level; and measuring the time of arrival (1220) using the first peak.
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1. A method of measuring time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver over a channel, said method comprising: modulating a plurality of narrowband signal portions onto different carrier frequencies;transmitting, by said transmitter, each said modulated narrowband signal p
1. A method of measuring time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver over a channel, said method comprising: modulating a plurality of narrowband signal portions onto different carrier frequencies;transmitting, by said transmitter, each said modulated narrowband signal portion to said receiver, each of said modulated narrowband signal portions being transmitted separately over time and over a respective one of said different carrier frequencies;receiving, by said receiver, the narrowband signal portions over said different carrier frequencies;estimating an impulse response of the channel by combining the received narrowband signal portions; andmeasuring the time of arrival using the estimated channel impulse response. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein each said narrowband signal portion has substantially equal power at all frequencies within the band of the narrowband signal portion, and a limited peak to average power ratio in the time domain. 3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the frequency responses of at least two of said modulated narrowband signal portions overlap in the frequency domain. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said estimating comprises: determining a frequency response for each said received narrowband signal portion;applying a correction to the phase of each said frequency response;combining the corrected channel frequency responses into a wideband frequency response; andtransforming the wideband frequency response into the channel impulse response. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the correction is applied such that the wideband frequency response is continuous in phase. 6. The method according to claim 4, wherein the correction is applied such that overlapping portions of adjacent frequency responses have matching phases. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the applying comprises: computing, for each frequency response, a complex constant that minimises the sum of the squared error between the overlapping values of the frequency response and an adjacent frequency response; andmultiplying the frequency response values by the complex constant. 8. The method according to claim 4, wherein the correction is further applied to the magnitude of each said frequency response. 9. The method according to claim 4, wherein said determining comprises compensating each frequency response for the distortive effect of the transmitter and the receiver. 10. The method according to claim 4, wherein the transforming comprises: applying an inverse Fourier transform to the wideband frequency response to form the channel impulse response. 11. A method of measuring a time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver, said method comprising: estimating a noise level in an impulse response of a channel between said transmitter and said receiver;finding a first peak in the channel impulse response that is not noise or a side lobe of a subsequent peak, using said estimated noise level; andmeasuring the time of arrival using said first peak;wherein the measuring comprises: extracting a predetermined number of samples on a leading edge of said first peak;looking up a database of stored time of arrival offset values using said extracted leading edge samples; andobtaining the time of arrival from said database lookup. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising, before said extracting, resampling said channel impulse response such that one of the sampling points coincides with the location of said first peak. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the database is hierarchical. 14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising extracting a lower dimensional feature from the extracted leading edge samples before said database lookup. 15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the database is constructed using channel impulse responses generated by a channel model, wherein the parameters of the model are derived from measurements. 16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the database contains additional information about the time of arrival including: one or more further estimates of times of arrival for each impulse response;the likelihood of each time of arrival estimate; andthe uncertainty in each time of arrival estimate. 17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measuring comprises: estimating a noise level in said impulse response;finding a first peak in said impulse response that is not noise or a side lobe of a subsequent peak, using said estimated noise level; andmeasuring the time of arrival using said first peak. 18. A method of measuring time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver over a channel, said method comprising: receiving, by said receiver, a plurality of narrowband signal portions over different carrier frequencies, each narrowband signal portion having been modulated onto a respective one of said different carrier frequencies, each of said modulated narrowband signal portions having been transmitted separately over time by said transmitter;estimating an impulse response of the channel by combining the received narrowband signal portions; andmeasuring the time of arrival using the estimated channel impulse response. 19. A system adapted to measure time of arrival, the system comprising: a transmitter adapted to: modulate a plurality of narrowband signal portions onto different carrier frequencies; andtransmit each said modulated signal portion to said receiver over a channel, each of said modulated narrowband signal portions being transmitted separately over time and over a respective one of said different carrier frequencies; anda receiver adapted to: receive the narrowband signal portions over said different carrier frequencies;estimate an impulse response of the channel by combining the received narrowband signal portions; andmeasure the time of arrival using the estimated channel impulse response. 20. A receiver adapted to measure time of arrival of a signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver over a channel, the receiver being adapted to: receive a plurality of narrowband signal portions over different carrier frequencies, each narrowband signal portion having been modulated onto a respective one of said different carrier frequencies, each of said modulated narrowband signal portions having been transmitted separately over time by said transmitter;estimate an impulse response of the channel by combining the received narrowband signal portions; andmeasure the time of arrival using the estimated channel impulse response.
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