Patent ID: 6212384
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received from a mobile station within a cellular radio communication network, said method comprising:storing within said network indicia which associates each mobile station with the base station which is currently serving said each mobile station, each base station of said network having at least one of a plurality of unique base station identifications;transmitting as part of the radio signal from a mobile station an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said mobile station within said network;receiving said radio signal containing said identity signal from said mobile station at a base station which serves a cell which is not the currently serving cell of said mobile station;measuring the value of said received radio signal;sending a message from said receiving base station to the network to determine with which base station the mobile station having said unique identity is presently associated and considering the cell served by said associated base station, based on a corresponding unique base station identification from among said plurality of unique base station identifications, as the geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station and measured by said receiving base station; andutilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal and said geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station for cell planning or cell management.