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Methods and apparatus to determine a base station location

  • US 9,100,926 B2
  • Filed: 08/01/2013
  • Issued: 08/04/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method to associate signals with corresponding base stations comprising:

  • identifying a first set of signals comprising a same first signal identifier;

    identifying a second set of signals comprising the same first signal identifier;

    identifying a first location associated with one of the set of first signals having a first relative highest signal quality value and a second location associated with one of the second set of signals having a second relative highest signal quality value; and

    preventing erroneous association of the signals to the corresponding base stations due to base station signal identifier reuse by determining when the first set of signals and the second set of signals are transmitted from a first one of the corresponding base stations and a second one of the corresponding base stations, the base station signal identifier reuse dismissed when the first location and the second location (a) exhibit the same first signal identifier and (b) do not exceed a threshold distance value, and the base station signal identifier reuse confirmed when the first location and the second location (c) exhibit the same first signal identifier and (d) exceed the threshold distance value.

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