Selection of positioning handover candidates based on angle
First Claim
1. A telecommunications system for determining first and second optimal target base transceiver stations to be utilized for triangulation to determine the location of a mobile terminal, said telecommunications system comprising:
- a serving base transceiver station in wireless communication with said mobile terminal, said serving base transceiver station having a main antenna direction associated therewith; and
a controlling node connected to said serving base transceiver station, said controlling node being adapted to select said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations from a candidate list of potential target base transceiver stations based on the calculation of first angles between an antenna direction of each of said potential target base transceiver stations and said main direction and second angles between each said respective antenna direction of each of said potential target base transceiver stations;
wherein said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations have the minimum difference between said respective first angles and between each of said respective first angles and said respective second angle associated with said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations.
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Abstract
A telecommunications system and method for determining optimal target Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) to perform positioning handovers and obtain positioning data is disclose. When a positioning request is received by a Base Station Controller (BSC) serving the Mobile Station (MS) to be positioned, the serving BSC accesses a database within the BSC, which contains a list of cells belonging to candidate target BTSs. Based on this information, and the main antenna direction of the serving BTS, two candidates for positioning handovers are selected from the list such that the angle between the main direction of two adjacent BTSs is nearly equivalent to the angle between the main direction of two additional adjacent BTSs. By selecting the target BTSs in this manner, it can be ensured that the target BTSs surround the MS, thus decreasing the error in the location calculations performed by a Positioning Center (PC).
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1. A telecommunications system for determining first and second optimal target base transceiver stations to be utilized for triangulation to determine the location of a mobile terminal, said telecommunications system comprising:
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a serving base transceiver station in wireless communication with said mobile terminal, said serving base transceiver station having a main antenna direction associated therewith; and a controlling node connected to said serving base transceiver station, said controlling node being adapted to select said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations from a candidate list of potential target base transceiver stations based on the calculation of first angles between an antenna direction of each of said potential target base transceiver stations and said main direction and second angles between each said respective antenna direction of each of said potential target base transceiver stations; wherein said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations have the minimum difference between said respective first angles and between each of said respective first angles and said respective second angle associated with said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for determining first and second optimal target base transceiver stations to be utilized for triangulation to determine the location of a mobile terminal, said mobile terminal being in wireless communication with a serving base transceiver station having a main antenna direction associated therewith, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining a candidate list of potential target base transceiver stations by a controlling node connected to said serving base transceiver station; calculating first angles between an antenna direction of each of said potential target base transceiver stations and said main antenna direction; calculating second angles between each said respective antenna direction of each of said potential target base transceiver stations; selecting said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations having the minimum difference between said respective first angles and between each of said respective first angles and said respective second angle associated with said first and second optimal target base transceiver stations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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