Ground-based pseudolites support accurate determination of mobile receiver
locations by broadcasting CDMA signals interleaved by a TDMA system.
Pseudolites synchronize signal transmissions with an accurate timing
reference, such as can be derived from GPS satellites. Adjacent
pseudolites broadcast CDMA signals at different times, eliminating
near-far signal interference between pseudolites. A mobile receiver,
typically a cellular telephone, receives and enables determination of
times of arrival (TOA) of the pseudolite signals. A location processor
associated with the mobile receiver may access an internal database of
pseudolite locations, or pseudolite location information may be encoded in
pseudolite transmissions. The location processor uses pseudolite location
information and TOA to determine mobile receiver location. The TDMA
pseudolite-based system may augment the GPS to provide more accurate
location information than is available from the GPS alone.