Methods and apparatus to determine a base station location
First Claim
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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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a base station location. A disclosed example method includes identifying first signals comprising a same first signal identifier, identifying second signals comprising a same second signal identifier; identifying a first location associated with one of the first signals having a highest signal quality value and a second location associated with one of the second signals having a highest signal quality value; and determining that the first signals and the second signals are transmitted from a first base station if a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies a threshold.
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1. A computer-implemented method to associate signals with corresponding base stations comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus to associate signals with corresponding base stations comprising:
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a signal correlator to identify a first set of signals comprising a same first signal identifier, and to identify a second set of signals comprising the same first signal identifier; and a signal localizer to; identify a first location associated with one of the first set of 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 prevent 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 criterion, 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 criterion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed, cause a machine to at least:
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identify a first set of signals comprising a same first signal identifier; identify second set of signals comprising the same first signal identifier; identify a first location associated with one of the first set of signals having a first relative highest signal quality value and a second location associated with one of the second signals having a second relative highest signal quality value; and prevent erroneous association of the signals to 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, 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. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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