METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING NEIGHBOR CELLS IN A CELLULAR NETWORK USING LEARNED CELL DATA
First Claim
1. A method of processing signals, the method comprising:
- in a mobile device;
learning cell information for a serving cell and for one or more neighbor cells of said serving cell;
communicating said learned cell information to a remote location server; and
receiving from said remote location server, a location of a corresponding base station within said serving cell and/or locations of one or more corresponding base stations within said one or more neighbor cells, wherein said location of said corresponding base station within said serving cell and said location of said one or more corresponding base stations within said one or more neighbor cells is determined based on said communicated learned cell information.
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Abstract
A mobile device learns cell information for a serving cell and for neighbor cells. The learned cell information is communicated to a remote location server for locating base stations within the serving and/or neighbor cells. The learned cell information comprises cell signal strength information and/or other cell information such as cell identifiers (Cell-IDs) and Country Code (MCC). Received signal strength (RSS) on the serving cell and the neighbor cells are measured. Locations pertaining to the RSS measurements are determined. The mobile device location stamps the RSS measurements utilizing the determined locations to generate a neighbor cell report, which is utilized by a cellular communication network to prepare a handover operation whenever needed, and/or to build a local cell-learning database. A portion of the local cell-learning database is transmitted as cell data to the remote location server that collects cell data from a plurality of mobile devices.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of processing signals, the method comprising:
in a mobile device; learning cell information for a serving cell and for one or more neighbor cells of said serving cell; communicating said learned cell information to a remote location server; and receiving from said remote location server, a location of a corresponding base station within said serving cell and/or locations of one or more corresponding base stations within said one or more neighbor cells, wherein said location of said corresponding base station within said serving cell and said location of said one or more corresponding base stations within said one or more neighbor cells is determined based on said communicated learned cell information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for processing signals, the system comprising:
one or more processors and/or circuits for use in a mobile device, said one or more processor being operable to; learn cell information for a serving cell and for one or more neighbor cells of said mobile device; communicate said learned cell information to a remote location server; and receive from said remote location server, a location of a corresponding base station within said serving cell and/or location of one or more corresponding base stations within said one or more neighbor cells, wherein said location of said corresponding base station within said serving cell and said location of said one or more corresponding base stations within said one or more neighbor cells is determined based on said communicated learned cell information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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