Patent ID: 9739867
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04W

Claim:
1. A method enabling automatic determination that an area covered by an Access Point (AP) of a Wi-Fi Radio Access Network (RAN) overlaps with a cell of a 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) RAN, the method comprising, at an entity of the Wi-Fi RAN: obtaining a 3GPP identifier related to a user terminal that is attached to the Wi-Fi RAN and an identifier for a Wi-Fi AP to which the user terminal is attached; generating and sending a Location Service Request including the 3GPP identifier to a Location Services (LCS) Server associated with the 3GPP RAN; receiving a Location Service Response from the LCS Server that includes information identifying the cell of the 3GPP RAN in which the user terminal is located; causing storage of an association between the identified Wi-Fi AP and the identified 3GPP cell; recording an indication of a time at which the association between the identified Wi-Fi AP and the identified 3GPP cell is generated; and when a further association between the identified Wi-Fi AP and the identified 3GPP cell is not generated within a specified time period, cancelling the association between the identified Wi-Fi AP and the identified 3GPP cell.