Patent ID: 9325444
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing data reported by wireless terminals in a code division multiple access wireless network, the wireless network comprising a plurality of base stations which operate asynchronously with respect to one another, wherein a set of scrambling codes are allocated to the base stations for scrambling signals transmitted from the base stations, the method comprising, at a node of the wireless network: receiving a first type of measurement report from wireless terminals, wherein each first type of measurement report received from one of the wireless terminals comprises an observed time difference measurement acquired by the wireless terminal for a signal received from one of an active set of base stations that currently serve the wireless terminal; determining a timing reference for each of the base stations using a plurality of the observed time difference measurements; receiving a second type of measurement report from a wireless terminal, the second type of measurement report comprising both: determining an identity of the base station in the second type of measurement report by using: