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Cell Tower Location Geometry

Move the handset, change the method, and compare rough sector location with timing based multilateration

Tower ATower BTower CPhone
TDOAUplink TDOA Multilateration

This mode compares when several towers hear the same phone transmission. The time differences create hyperbolic constraints. Where those constraints overlap is the probable location.

Current readout: TDOA estimate roughly within 19 m when geometry and timing are good

Tower Measurements
Tower A221 m geometry-107 dBm proxy0.00 us relative
Tower B199 m geometry-101 dBm proxy-0.25 us relative
Tower C157 m geometry-88 dBm proxy-0.75 us relative
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