Traffic location in mobile cellular telecommunications systems
First Claim
1. A method for assessing traffic density in a mobile cellular telecommunications system, the method comprising:
- providing a test transmitter means, and moving it to one or more selected sites within existing cells of the system;
the test transmitter means, at the or each site, transmitting test signals to mobile stations within its vicinity, the mobile stations within the vicinity transmitting first response signals to said test signals, and said mobile stations transmitting second response signals to corresponding test signals from base stations of associated cells;
and analyzing received first and second response signals for assessing traffic density within the vicinity of the transmitter means.
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Abstract
In order to automate the process of locating “hot-spots” in an exisiting mobile cellular telecommunications system, with a view to installing new BTS, a method for assessing traffic density comprises:
providing a test transmitter, and moving it to one or more selected sites within existing cells of the system; the transmitter transmitting test signals to mobile stations within its vicinity, the mobile stations within the vicinity transmitting first signal strength response signals to said test signals, and said mobile stations transmitting second signal strength response signals to corresponding test signals from base stations of associated cells;
and analyzing received first and second response signals for assessing traffic density within the vicinity of the transmitter, comprising analyzing the received first signal strength response signals to determine those first response signals which are greater than a predetermined threshold value, and comparing those first response signals which are greater than a predetermined threshold value with the second signal strength response signals to determine the value of the first response signals in relation to the second response signals.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for assessing traffic density in a mobile cellular telecommunications system, the method comprising:
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providing a test transmitter means, and moving it to one or more selected sites within existing cells of the system;
the test transmitter means, at the or each site, transmitting test signals to mobile stations within its vicinity, the mobile stations within the vicinity transmitting first response signals to said test signals, and said mobile stations transmitting second response signals to corresponding test signals from base stations of associated cells;
and analyzing received first and second response signals for assessing traffic density within the vicinity of the transmitter means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, for assessing traffic density in a mobile cellular telecommunications system, by analyzing test results obtained from a test procedure involving a test transmitter making test transmissions, and mobile stations within its vicinity making first response signals to said test transmissions, and second response signals to corresponding transmissions made by the base stations of associated cells,
received versions of the first response signals constituting a first set of test results and received versions of the second response signals constituting a second set of test results, said method for analyzing test results comprising analyzing said first set of test results to determine those first response signals which are greater than a predetermined threshold value, and analyzing said second set of test results to compare those first response signals which are greater than a predetermined threshold value with the second response signals to determine the value of the first response signals in relation to the second response signals.
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14. Apparatus for assessing traffic density in a mobile cellular telecommunications system, comprising:
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a test transmitter means, movable to one or more selected sites within existing telecommunications cells and arranged to transmit test signals to mobile stations within its vicinity, which mobile stations are arranged to transmit first response signals to said test signals;
and means for analyzing received first response signals, in addition to received second response signals to corresponding test signals from base stations of associated cells, for assessing traffic density within the vicinity of the transmitter means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Apparatus, for assessing traffic density in a mobile cellular telecommunications system, by analyzing test results obtained from a test procedure involving a test transmitter making test transmissions, and mobile stations within its vicinity making first response signals to said test transmissions, and second response signals to corresponding transmissions made by the base stations of associated cells,
received versions of the first response signals constituting a first set of test results and received versions of the second response signals constituting a second set of test results, said apparatus comprising means for analyzing said first set of test results to determine those first response signals which are greater than a predetermined threshold value, and means for analyzing said second set of test results to compare those first response signals which are greater than a predetermined threshold value with the second response signals to determine the value of the first response signals in relation to the second response signals.
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