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Adaptive Location Determination

  • US 20110177832A1
  • Filed: 01/15/2010
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining a geographic area associated with a cell of a cellular communications network, comprising:

  • (a) receiving a set of locations from mobile devices in the cell;

    (b) calculating an average geographic location using the set of locations;

    (c) calculating distances between the average geographic location and locations in the set;

    (d) excluding at least one location from the set based on a distance between the average geographic location and the at least one location;

    (e) repeating (b), (c), and (d) until an exit condition is satisfied; and

    (f) determining the geographic area as a circle having the average geographic location as a center and a radius based on at least one calculated distance.

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