Method of determining co-location of cell sites and reducing ping-pong effect between cell sites
First Claim
1. A method for determining the co-location of cell sites in a communication system by a communication device located in a serving cell site, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) acquiring a neighbor cell site list at the communication device, the neighbor cell site list identifying neighbor cell sites of the serving cell site;
(b) monitoring the neighbor cell sites for latitude and longitude information;
(c) calculating the distance and directional bearings between the serving cell site and the neighbor cell sites;
(d) grouping together neighbor cell sites having similar bearings and distances from the serving cell site together in the neighbor cell site list, where the similar bearings and distances indicate that the grouped cell sites are sectors of a single base site; and
(e) calculating a centroid of a polygon formed by sector vertices of each of the neighbor cell sites that are grouped together in step (d).
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Abstract
A method for determining the co-location of cell sites includes the steps of acquiring a neighbor cell list (602), monitoring the neighbor cell sites for longitude and latitude information (604). Te longitude and latitude information is used of calculating the distance and bearings between the serving and neighbor cell sites (606 and 608). Neighbor cell sites having similar bearing and distances are grouped together (610), if grouped neighbors are in close proximity, the centroid of a polygon formed by the sector vertices is determined (614) and new latitude and longitude information for the centorid is determined (616). The neighbor cell list is then modified to indicate sectored versus omni-directional sites (620) and the information is then used by the communication device to make better mobility decisions. In another embodiment of the invention, the co-location information is used to minimize ping-pong effect which causes a communication device to be continually being handed back and forth between ell sites.
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1. A method for determining the co-location of cell sites in a communication system by a communication device located in a serving cell site, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) acquiring a neighbor cell site list at the communication device, the neighbor cell site list identifying neighbor cell sites of the serving cell site; (b) monitoring the neighbor cell sites for latitude and longitude information; (c) calculating the distance and directional bearings between the serving cell site and the neighbor cell sites; (d) grouping together neighbor cell sites having similar bearings and distances from the serving cell site together in the neighbor cell site list, where the similar bearings and distances indicate that the grouped cell sites are sectors of a single base site; and (e) calculating a centroid of a polygon formed by sector vertices of each of the neighbor cell sites that are grouped together in step (d). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for determining the co-location of cell sites in a communication system by a communication device located in a serving cell site, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) acquiring a neighbor cell site list at the communication device; (b) monitoring the neighbor cell sites for latitude and longitude information; (c) calculating the distance and directional bearings between the serving cell site and the neighbor cells; (d) grouping together neighbor cell sites having similar directional bearings and distances from the serving cell site as sectored cells of a single site; calculate the centroid of polygon formed by the sector vertices of the neighbor cell sites that are grouped together in step (d); calculate the latitude and longitude for the centroid determined in step (e); and modifying the neighbor cell site list to indicate omni-directional and sectored cell sites using the information determined in steps (b)-(f). - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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