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Alternative location source for low-cost internet base station systems when satellite-based positioning system coverage is unavailable

  • US 9,622,209 B1
  • Filed: 08/15/2013
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented by a low-cost Internet base station (LCIB), the method comprising:

  • the LCIB engaging in communication with a macro network using a wireless communication interface, such that the macro network assigns the LCIB to operate on a particular active set of one or more particular sectors,the LCIB transmitting data indicative of the particular active set to the macro network using a backhaul connection to the macro network; and

    responsive to the LCIB transmitting the data indicative of the particular active set to the macro network, the LCIB receiving a location corresponding to the particular active set from the macro network via the backhaul connection to the macro network.

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