Patent ID: 7496370

Claim:
A method for location-based services over a mobile radio network, a location of a mobile radio apparatus in the mobile radio network being determined based upon individual cells of base stations of the mobile radio network for updating location information of the mobile radio apparatus, said method comprising: sending, to the mobile apparatus, at least one or more data messages generated according to a telecommunication standard; generating, by the mobile radio apparatus, an error report upon (i) reception of the at least one or more generated data messages and (ii) a determination from the at least one or more data messages that, according to the telecommunications standard, the error report has to be produced; sending the error report, generated based upon the telecommunication standard of the received data messages, to at least a base station and/or a node of a cell in which the mobile radio apparatus is currently located or attached; and updating and storing the location information of the mobile radio apparatus.