METHOD OF DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A BASE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND BASE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

• US 20090180439A1
• Filed: 12/29/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Domschitz, Peter, Tabery, Peter
• Application Number:
  US12/345,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20090180439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/122 Counter-measures against attacks; Protection against rogue devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/045 using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of determining a location of a base station (10) in a wireless communication network (100). The method comprises the step of using the environment (50) of the wireless communication network (100) local to the base station (10) to obtain location information of said base station (10). The invention further relates to a base station in a wireless communication network for performing said method.

Claims

1. Method of determining a location of a base station in a wireless communication network, comprising the step of using the environment of the wireless communication network local to the base station to obtain location information of said base station.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein further comprising the steps of checking if location information of said base station can be obtained by using the environment of the wireless communication network local to the base station, and using the environment of the wireless communication network local to the base station to obtain said location information, if the outcome of said check is positive.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein using at least one of GNSS positioning and IP address of said base station to obtain location information of said base station.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein using the environment of the wireless communication network local to the base station comprises analysing handover procedures involving the base station.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein using the environment of the wireless communication network local to the base station comprises receiving signals from other base stations and obtaining identification information of said other base stations.

6. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting said obtained location information to the operator of said base station.

7. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the base station being a femto base station.

8. Base station in a wireless communication network, adapted to perform location determination using the environment of the wireless communication network local to the base station.

9. Base station according to claim 8, wherein the base station is a femto base station.