System and method for extraction of location related data in a wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A system to provide location-based services for a mobile station in communication with a base station, the base station communicating with a base station controller via a communication link, comprising:
- a protocol analyzer for extracting data from a copy of a signal provided by a tap on the communication link between the base station and the base station controller, the extracted data related to a location of the mobile station, wherein the extracted data includes contents of one or more specific data fields in the copy of the signal, and wherein the protocol analyzer further comprises one or more probes, each probe configured to filter out the contents of a specific data field in the copy of the signal; and
a location processor for receiving the extracted data and deriving location data therefrom, the location data being indicative of the location of the mobile station, wherein the extracted data comprises received signal strength indication measurement sets related to the location of the mobile station associated with the base station, each set including received signal strength indications measured by the mobile station of control signals from base stations within range of the mobile station, and wherein the location processor derives location data from the extracted data by;
comparing one of the received signal strength indication measurement sets with a database of predetermined received signal strength indication measurement sets associated with geographical location data and selecting as the derived location data the geographical location data associated with the predetermined received signal strength indication measurement set that most closely matches the one received signal strength indication measurement set;
ordetermining distances from the mobile station to base stations within range of the mobile station using one of the received signal strength indication measurement sets and an algorithm based on a radio frequency propagation model and determining the derived location data by triangulation using the determined distances and data relating to the geographical locations of the base stations.
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Abstract
A system and method to collect data related to the geographical location of a mobile station communicating with a GSM network and to use the location related data to determine the geographical location of the mobile station. A tap is place in an Abis link between a base station and a base station controller, the tap providing a copy of a signal carried by the Abis link. The copy signal is routed to a protocol analyzer that extracts location related data from the copy signal. A location processor uses the location data to determine the geographical location of the mobile station. The geographical location data is used by a data analyzer to provide location based services, such as estimating traffic intensity and speed of mobile stations.
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15 Claims
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1. A system to provide location-based services for a mobile station in communication with a base station, the base station communicating with a base station controller via a communication link, comprising:
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a protocol analyzer for extracting data from a copy of a signal provided by a tap on the communication link between the base station and the base station controller, the extracted data related to a location of the mobile station, wherein the extracted data includes contents of one or more specific data fields in the copy of the signal, and wherein the protocol analyzer further comprises one or more probes, each probe configured to filter out the contents of a specific data field in the copy of the signal; and a location processor for receiving the extracted data and deriving location data therefrom, the location data being indicative of the location of the mobile station, wherein the extracted data comprises received signal strength indication measurement sets related to the location of the mobile station associated with the base station, each set including received signal strength indications measured by the mobile station of control signals from base stations within range of the mobile station, and wherein the location processor derives location data from the extracted data by; comparing one of the received signal strength indication measurement sets with a database of predetermined received signal strength indication measurement sets associated with geographical location data and selecting as the derived location data the geographical location data associated with the predetermined received signal strength indication measurement set that most closely matches the one received signal strength indication measurement set;
ordetermining distances from the mobile station to base stations within range of the mobile station using one of the received signal strength indication measurement sets and an algorithm based on a radio frequency propagation model and determining the derived location data by triangulation using the determined distances and data relating to the geographical locations of the base stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method to provide location-based services for a mobile station in communication with a base station, the base station communicating with a base station controller via a communication link, comprising:
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extracting data from a copy of a signal provided by a tap on the communication link between the base station and the base station controller, the data extracted related to a location of the mobile station, and deriving location data therefrom, wherein extracting data from the copy of the signal comprises identifying one or more data fields in the copy of the signal, the data fields containing contents related to the location of the mobile station and extracting the contents of one or more identified data fields, wherein the extracted data comprises received signal strength indication measurement sets related to the location of the mobile station associated with the base station, each set including the received signal strength indications measured by the mobile station of control signals from base stations within range of the mobile station, and wherein deriving location data from the extracted data comprises; comparing one of the received signal strength indication measurement sets with a database of predetermined received signal strength indication measurement sets associated with geographical location data and selecting as the derived location data the geographical location data associated with the predetermined received signal strength indication measurement set that most closely matches the one received signal strength indication measurement set;
ordetermining distances from the mobile station to base stations within range of the mobile station using one of the received signal strength indication measurement sets and an algorithm based on a radio frequency propagation model and determining the derived location data by triangulation using the determined distances and data relating to the geographical locations of the base stations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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