Patent ID: 8326323
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring and identifying radio coverage gaps of a public land mobile network (PLMN) comprising usage of stand alone signaling transfer points (SASTP) producing list of cells, the method comprising: capturing an update location (UL) message, in the case of logging in a mobile communication device into the network, and a cancel location (CL) message, in the case of leaving the network, wherein the update location (UL) message and the cancel location (CL) message comprise an information identifying the mobile communication device, including the international mobile subscriber identity number (IMSI) comprising generation of provided subscriber info (PSI) message, the capturing of the cancel location (CL) message starts the radio coverage gaps method (RCGDM), on the stand-alone signaling transfer points (SASTP), wherein a specialized Mobile Application Part (MAP) logic extracts the IMSI number of the mobile communication device leaving the network from the cancel location message (CL) and defers the cancel location (CL) message temporarily on stand alone signaling transfer points (SASTP), and that the stand alone signaling transfer points (SASTP) composes the provided subscriber info (PSI) message using the IMSI number obtained from the cancel location message (CL) and sends it to the Visitor Location Register (VLR) of the public land mobile network using the Visitor Location Register (VLR) address obtained from the cancel location (CL) message, wherein the provide subscriber info response (PSI_Resp) message from last visited Visitor Location Register (VLR) comprises a cell identification (Cell_ID) identifying the cell of the public land mobile network (PLMN) which was last used and/or in which the mobile communication device has left the network and further comprising the generation of a report message including the cell identification (Cell_ID), wherein the cell is classified as a border cell or an inland cell before generating the report message.