Patent ID: 8238941
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G01S,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a location for mobile communication devices, comprising: receiving, at each of a plurality of taps, a signal transmitted over a corresponding communication link of a radio access network, wherein each of the taps comprises a pair of connectors coupled inline to the corresponding communication link; passing the signal received at each tap between the corresponding pair of connectors; replicating the signal received at each tap on a multiplexer connector of the tap; receiving the signal replicated by each of the taps at a multiplexer coupled to the plurality of multiplexer connectors; extracting location data from the received signals, wherein the location data is associated with one or more mobile devices operating in a geographic area served by the radio access network; transmitting the location data, in accordance with an internet protocol (IP), over a data network to a link aggregator; and determining, at the link aggregator, a location for one of the mobile devices based on location data received from the multiplexer.