METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE A BASE STATION LOCATION
First Claim
1. A method to associate base-station signal records with base stations, the method comprising:
- aggregating, by executing a first instruction with a processor, retrieved base-station signal records based on signal identifiers and geographic locations; and
differentiating, by executing a second instruction with the processor, the aggregated signal records to prevent errors caused by base-station signal reuse by assigning a first reuse identifier to a first one of the base-station signal records and a second reuse identifier to a second one of the base-station signal records when (1) the first and second ones of the base-station signal records exhibit a same signal identifier and (2) a distance between a first location associated with the first one of the base-station signal records and a second location associated with the second one of the base-station signal records satisfies a threshold.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to determine a base station location are disclosed herein and include aggregating retrieved base-station signal records based on signal identifiers and geographic locations, and differentiating the aggregated signal records and prevent errors caused by base-station signal reuse by assigning a first reuse identifier to a first one of the base-station signal records and a second reuse identifier to a second one of the base-station signal records when (1) the first and second ones of the base-station signal records exhibit a same signal identifier and (2) a distance between a first location associated with the first one of the base-station signal records and a second location associated with the second one of the base-station signal records satisfies a threshold.
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20 Claims
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1. A method to associate base-station signal records with base stations, the method comprising:
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aggregating, by executing a first instruction with a processor, retrieved base-station signal records based on signal identifiers and geographic locations; and differentiating, by executing a second instruction with the processor, the aggregated signal records to prevent errors caused by base-station signal reuse by assigning a first reuse identifier to a first one of the base-station signal records and a second reuse identifier to a second one of the base-station signal records when (1) the first and second ones of the base-station signal records exhibit a same signal identifier and (2) a distance between a first location associated with the first one of the base-station signal records and a second location associated with the second one of the base-station signal records satisfies a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus to associate base-station signal records with base stations, the apparatus comprising:
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a signal record aggregator to aggregate retrieved base-station signal records based on signal identifiers and geographic locations; and a reuse identifier assigner to differentiate the aggregated signal records and prevent errors caused by base-station signal reuse by assigning a first reuse identifier to a first one of the base-station signal records and a second reuse identifier to a second one of the base-station signal records when (1) the first and second ones of the base-station signal records exhibit a same signal identifier and (2) a distance between a first location associated with the first one of the base-station signal records and a second location associated with the second one of the base-station signal records satisfies a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A tangible computer readable storage medium to associate base-station signal records with base stations comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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aggregate retrieved base-station signal records based on signal identifiers and geographic locations; and differentiate the aggregated signal records and prevent errors caused by base-station signal reuse by assigning a first reuse identifier to a first one of the base-station signal records and a second reuse identifier to a second one of the base-station signal records when (1) the first and second ones of the base-station signal records exhibit a same signal identifier and (2) a distance between a first location associated with the first one of the base-station signal records and a second location associated with the second one of the base-station signal records satisfies a threshold. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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