US 7,321,331 B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting location data within an ad-hoc communication system
Oleg Andric, West Palm Beach, Fla. (US); Vernon A. Allen, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (US); Minh T. Pham, Boynton Beach, Fla. (US); Kenneth D. Cornett, Coral Springs, Fla. (US); and Spyros Kyperountas, Coral Springs, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Ill. (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/787,987.
Prior Publication US 2005/0192748 A1, Sep. 01, 2005
Int. Cl. G01S 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 342—386  [342/357.09] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for transmitting location data, the method comprising the steps of:
determining a location for a first node within an ad-hoc communication system;
determining an accuracy of the location for the first node;
determining when the first node will be transmitting a beacon;
transmitting the location and the accuracy of the location within the beacon;
determining by a second node when the first node will be transmitting the beacon;
receiving the beacon by the second node; and
determining the location of the first node based on the received beacon.