Patent ID: 6654609
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for measuring a location of a mobile station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of:a) when the mobile station is requested of a pilot strength measurement message (PSMM) by a base station or a handoff is occurred, measuring strengths of pilot channel signals of both an activated set of base stations and a neighbor list set of base stations in specific areas within each sector of each base station; b) transmitting the PSMM to the base station; c) comparing the PSMM, in sequence, with strengths of the pilot channel signals from specific areas covered by an activated set of the base stations and a neighbor list set of the base stations which are previously stored in a database; and d) according to a comparison result acquired from the step c), measuring the location of the mobile station.