SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING COMMUNICATION TERMINALS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- in a wireless communication network, determining respective distances between a given base transceiver station and one or more other base transceiver stations;
calculating, responsively to the distances, an effective location of the given base transceiver station that is different from a physical location of the given base transceiver station; and
reporting the effective location as an estimated location of a communication terminal communicating with the given base transceiver station.
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Abstract
Methods and systems in a wireless communication network for determining respective distances between a given base transceiver station and one or more other base transceiver stations. An effective location of the given base transceiver station may be calculated that is different from its physical location. The effective location may be use to report an estimated location of a communication terminal communicating with the given base transceiver station. The estimated location may be provided in networks that support both a hard handover or soft handover of the communication terminal between the given base transceiver station and the one or more other base transceiver stations.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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in a wireless communication network, determining respective distances between a given base transceiver station and one or more other base transceiver stations; calculating, responsively to the distances, an effective location of the given base transceiver station that is different from a physical location of the given base transceiver station; and reporting the effective location as an estimated location of a communication terminal communicating with the given base transceiver station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. Apparatus, comprising:
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a memory, which is configured to store parameters of base transceiver stations operative in a wireless communication network; and a processor which is configured to; determine respective distances between a given base transceiver station and one or more other base transceiver stations operative in the wireless communication network, calculate, responsively to the distances, an effective location of the given base transceiver station that is different from a physical location of the given base transceiver station, and report the effective location as an estimated location of a communication terminal communicating with the given base transceiver station. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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