Patent ID: 8503368
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G01S,H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method carried out by a base station, wherein the base station provides service in a coverage area of a macro network, and wherein the base station is located within a given telecommunications market, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of FM radio signals, wherein each of the FM radio signals is broadcast at a certain broadcast frequency by an FM radio station in the given telecommunications market; for each received FM radio signal, determining an angle of arrival of the FM radio signal at the base station; sending a location request to a network operations center, wherein the location request comprises the broadcast frequency and the determined angle of arrival for each of the FM radio signals; and receiving a response to the location request from the network operations center, wherein the response indicates a geographic location of the base station, and wherein the broadcast frequency and the determined angle of arrival for each of the FM radio signals are both used as a basis to determine the geographic location of the base station.