A method for enabling angle-based positioning of a wireless device in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system comprises the steps of extracting directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device and estimating an angular direction to said wireless device based on said extracted directional information.

A method is described for determining a position of a user device in relation to a vehicle, the vehicle including first and second receivers. The method includes transmitting a positioning signal by the transmitter of the user device, receiving the positioning signal by the first receiver and by the second receiver arranged at a distance from the first receiver, in at least one of the first and second receivers, receiving and identifying a reflected positioning signal reflected at a ground surface before reaching the first and second receivers, performing time synchronization between the transmitter and the first and second receiver, determining a position of the user device in a three-dimensional coordinate system based on a time-of-flight of the positioning signal received in the first and second receivers and on a time-of-flight of at least one reflected positioning signal received by at least one of the first and second receivers.

A method is described for determining a position of a user device in relation to a vehicle, the vehicle including first and second receivers. The method includes transmitting a positioning signal by the transmitter of the user device, receiving the positioning signal by the first receiver and by the second receiver arranged at a distance from the first receiver, in at least one of the first and second receivers, receiving and identifying a reflected positioning signal reflected at a ground surface before reaching the first and second receivers, performing time synchronization between the transmitter and the first and second receiver, determining a position of the user device in a three-dimensional coordinate system based on a time-of-flight of the positioning signal received in the first and second receivers and on a time-of-flight of at least one reflected positioning signal received by at least one of the first and second receivers.

A geolocation system includes an originator device configured to transmit a first wireless signal to a transponder device. The transponder device is configured to transmit a second wireless signal to the originator device. The system includes at least one observer device configured to receive the first wireless signal from the originator device and receive the second wireless signal from the transponder device. The system also includes a first processor configured to calculate a transactional difference range at the at least one observer device based on the first wireless signal received at the observer device and the second wireless signal received at the observer device. A corrected transactional difference range value may be calculated by subtracting a time-of-flight of the first wireless signal from the originator device to the transponder device from the transactional difference range. A method of performing geolocation using a transactional difference range is also disclosed.

A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna system and operating method that provides spatial- and temporal multiplexing with polarization independent operating modes.

A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna system and operating method that provides spatial- and temporal multiplexing with polarization independent operating modes.

A train-position detection device (1) includes: a radio-wave's angle-of-arrival calculator (14) configured to calculate an angle of arrival of a radio wave on the basis of a reception signal received by an array antenna (11) and a receiver (12); a position acquisition unit (13) for a ground-based wireless communication apparatus, configured to acquire information on an installation position of a ground-based wireless communication apparatus (30) from the reception signal; a train-position calculator (15) configured to calculate a train position on the basis of a movement distance of a train (40); a correction-amount-to-train-position calculator (16b) configured to calculate a train-position correction amount, by using the radio wave's angle of arrival calculated by the radio-wave's angle-of-arrival calculator (14), the installation position of the ground-based wireless communication apparatus (30) acquired by the position acquisition unit (13) for a ground-based wireless communication apparatus, and the train position calculated by the train-position calculator (15); and a train-position correcting unit (17) configured to correct the train position calculated by the train-position calculator (15) by using the train-position correction amount calculated by the correction-amount-to-train-position calculator (16b).

A positioning system (10) for determining location information of/for a mobile radio transmitter (1) comprises an antenna system (2) which includes a plurality of antennas (21) aimed at different directions and arranged on one common antenna carrier (20). The positioning system (10) comprises a receiver system (3) electrically connected to the antennas (21) and configured to receive via each of the antennas (21) a radio signal (7) transmitted by the mobile radio transmitter (1). The positioning system (10) further comprises a processing circuit (4) electrically connected to the receiver system (3) and configured to calculate the location information of/for the mobile radio transmitter (1) based on the radio signal received at each of the antennas (21). The location information includes at least angular direction of the mobile radio transmitter (1) with respect to the antenna system (2).

A method of associating data with a physical location comprises receiving, by at least two receiver antennae, a radiofrequency (RF) signal transmitted by a mobile device, the RF signal conveying data collected by the mobile device from an external source; calculating, for each of the at least two receiver antennae, a phase of the RF signal received by each receiver antennae; calculating, based on the calculated phases, a physical location from where the mobile device transmitted the RF signal; and associating the data conveyed by the RF signal and the external source from which the data were collected with the calculated physical location from where the mobile device transmitted the RF signal.

A method of finding a direction of an ultra-wide band (UWB) using a difference between antenna beam patterns includes receiving a signal from a target device through at least one antenna configured to form a plurality of different beam patterns, obtaining a channel impulse response (CIR) of the received signal for each of the plurality of beam patterns, and finding the direction of the target device based on the CIR.