Patent ID: 8619706
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A detecting base station comprising: a mobile communication device detector configured to intercept an uplink communication signal transmitted from a mobile wireless communication device to an originating base station connected to a core network, the uplink communication signal transmitted from the mobile wireless communication device in accordance with control data; a downlink receiver configured to intercept a downlink signal transmitted from the originating base station to the mobile wireless communication device; a controller configured to extract the control data from the downlink signal and to calculate a proximity of the mobile wireless communication device to the detecting base station using a characteristic of the uplink communication signal and the control data extracted from the downlink signal; and a network interface configured to send a device proximity message to the core network, the device proximity message based on the proximity of the mobile wireless communication device to the detecting base station, and comprising a request to establish wireless service from the detecting base station to the mobile wireless communication device.