Patent ID: 9307516
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for calculating location information indicating the geographic location of a femtocell in a radio access network, comprising: performing power measurements, by a femtocell, of one or more base stations in a radio access network; generating, at the femtocell, a measurement report from the power measurements; transmitting, from the femtocell, the measurement report over a broadband Internet Protocol (IP) network to a location server connected to an associated mobile core network; receiving, at the femtocell, location information based on the measurement report that indicates the geographic location of the femtocell from the location server over the broadband IP network; storing, at the femtocell, the location information indicating the geographic location of the femtocell; and using, at the femtocell, the measurement report for radio resource management, wherein the power measurements include intra-frequency measurements, inter-frequency measurements, and inter-RAT measurements.