Patent ID: 8548488
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in providing configuration data in a network-based wireless location system (WLS) associated with a wireless communications system, wherein said WLS includes a plurality of location measurement units (LMUs) at least some of which are co-located with a respective base transceiver station (BTS) of the wireless communications system and include a downlink receiver subsystem to enable discovery of a new downlink beacon and a new BTS, comprising: using a downlink receiver subsystem of a first LMU associated with the WLS, discovering a first beacon transmitted on a downlink channel by a first BTS, wherein said first beacon carries at least an identification code associated with said first BTS and wherein discovering the first beacon comprises determining that the identification code carried by said first beacon is not within a serving mobile location center (SMLC) database, thereby indicating that the first beacon is new; using said WLS, determining the geographic location of said first BTS; and storing in said SMLC database configuration data indicative of the identification and geographic location of said first BTS; wherein the wireless communications system comprises one of a GSM network and a UMTS network, and wherein the downlink channel comprises one of a Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) and a Broadcast Channel; and wherein said first beacon includes at least one of an Access Point Identifier (AP-ID), a Cell Global Identifier (CGI), a Cell/Sector Identifier (cell/sector ID), or a Cell Identifier (CID).