Base station positioning using Doppler observables, position, and velocity

1. A method comprising:

determining within a first time period, by a mobile device, (a) a first velocity associated with the mobile device and a first position and (b) a first Doppler measurement between the mobile device and a base station, wherein the first Doppler measurement is referenced to a local stable clock signal of the mobile device;

determining within a second time period, by the mobile device, (c) a second velocity associated with the mobile device and a second position and (d) a second Doppler measurement between the mobile device and the base station, wherein the second Doppler measurement is referenced to the local stable clock signal of the mobile device; and

determining a position of the base station from at least the first velocity, the second velocity, the first position, the second position, the first Doppler measurement, and the second Doppler measurement;

wherein a first direction vector from the first position to the position of the base station is different from a second direction vector from the second position to the position of the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining within a third time period, by the mobile device, a third velocity of the mobile device and a third Doppler measurement between the mobile device and the base station from a third position;

wherein the third position is associated with a third direction vector from the third position to the base station, and wherein the third direction vector is different from both the first direction vector and the second direction vector.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

communicating, by the mobile device, the position of the base station via a wireless network to a database in a server, wherein the database comprises a base station almanac.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first position is an indoor position wherein the indoor position obstructs reception of any potential satellite positioning signal.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the first velocity is determined from an accelerometer of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first time period and the second time period occur within a predetermined time difference, the predetermined time difference being based on a stability of the local stable clock signal.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device comprises a first clock associated with a global positioning system component, and a second clock that is separate from the global positioning system component;

wherein the local stable clock signal is associated with the second clock that is separate from the global positioning system component.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first position is a relative position in a relative coordinate system defined by the mobile device, and wherein the second position is determined relative to the first position within the relative coordinate system.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining a global reference point for the relative coordinate system; and

determining a global position of the base station using the position of the base station and the global reference point.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving a global position of the base station from the base station; and

determining a global position of the mobile device using the global position of the base station and the position of the base station determined relative to the mobile device using the first Doppler measurement and the second Doppler measurement.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first Doppler measurement is performed using a non-data reference signal communicated between the mobile device and the base station.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the non-data reference signal is a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), Cell Specific Reference Signal (CRS), primary synchronization signal (PSS), or secondary synch signal (SSS).

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the non-data reference signal is a pilot reference signal as part of a code division multiple access system.

14. A mobile device comprising:

a memory;

a velocity hardware module used to determine a first velocity associated with the mobile device and a first position and a second velocity associated with the mobile device and a second position, wherein the velocity hardware module is coupled to the memory;

a Doppler positioning module used to take a first Doppler measurement between the mobile device and a base station from the first position and a second Doppler measurement between the mobile device and the base station from the second position,

wherein the first Doppler measurement and the second Doppler measurement are referenced to a local stable clock signal of the mobile device, and wherein the Doppler positioning module is coupled to the memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the velocity hardware module, and the Doppler positioning module, wherein the processor is configured to determine a position of the base station from at least the first velocity, the second velocity, the first position, the second position, the first Doppler measurement, and the second Doppler measurement;

wherein the first Doppler measurement is associated with the first velocity and each is measured within a first time period;

wherein the second Doppler measurement is associated with the second velocity and each is measured within a second time period that is different from the first time period; and

wherein a first direction vector from the first position to the position of the base station is different from a second direction vector from the second position to the position of the base station.

15. The mobile device of claim 14 wherein the velocity hardware module comprises an inertial sensor.

16. The mobile device of claim 14 wherein the velocity hardware module comprises a gyroscope.

17. The mobile device of claim 14 further comprising:

a global positioning system module coupled to the processor, wherein the global positioning system module comprises a clock source that is separate from a source of the local stable clock signal.

18. A mobile device comprising:

means for determining within a first time period, by the mobile device, (a) a first velocity associated with the mobile device and a first position and (b) a first Doppler measurement between the mobile device and a base station, wherein the first Doppler measurement is referenced to a local stable clock signal of the mobile device;

means for determining within a second time period, by the mobile device, (c) a second velocity associated with the mobile device and a second position and (d) a second Doppler measurement between the mobile device and the base station, wherein the second Doppler measurement is referenced to the local stable clock signal of the mobile device; and

means for determining a position of the base station from at least the first velocity, the second velocity, the first position, the second position, the first Doppler measurement, and the second Doppler measurement;

wherein a first direction vector from the first position to the position of the base station is different from a second direction vector from the second position to the position of the base station.

19. The mobile device of claim 18 further comprising:

means for determining within a third time period, by the mobile device, a third velocity of the mobile device and a third Doppler measurement between the mobile device and the base station from a third position;

wherein the third position is associated with a third direction vector from the third position to the base station,

wherein the third direction vector is different from both the first direction vector and the second direction vector; and

wherein the first position is an indoor position wherein the indoor position obstructs reception of any potential satellite positioning signal.

20. The mobile device of claim 18 further comprising:

means for determining a global reference point for a relative coordinate system; and

means for determining a global position of the base station using the position of the base station and the global reference point.

21. The mobile device of claim 18 further comprising:

means for receiving a global position of the base station from the base station; and

means for determining a global position of the mobile device using the global position of the base station and the position of the base station determined relative to the mobile device using the first Doppler measurement and the second Doppler measurement.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a mobile device comprising the processor to:

determine, within a first time period, (a) a first velocity associated with the mobile device and a first position and (b) a first Doppler measurement between the mobile device and a base station, wherein the first Doppler measurement is referenced to a local stable clock signal of the mobile device;

determine within a second time period (c) a second velocity associated with the mobile device and a second position and (d) a second Doppler measurement between the mobile device and the base station, wherein the second Doppler measurement is referenced to the local stable clock signal of the mobile device; and

determine a position of the base station from at least the first velocity, the second velocity, the first position, the second position, the first Doppler measurement, and the second Doppler measurement;

wherein a first direction vector from the first position to the position of the base station is different from a second direction vector from the second position to the position of the base station.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22 wherein the first Doppler measurement is performed using a non-data reference signal communicated between the mobile device and the base station.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23 wherein the non-data reference signal is a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS), Cell Specific Reference Signal (CRS), Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), or Secondary Synch Signal (SSS).

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23 wherein the non-data reference signal is a pilot reference signal as part of a code division multiple access system.