Patent ID: 8463285

Claim:
A method for generating a profile representative of a region expressed as one or more geographic coordinates about a mobile radio terminal in a radio communications network, the method comprising: correlating the one or more geographic coordinates with one or more cell sites of the radio communications network; predicting one or more radio signal parameter values and/or ranges in the correlated one or more cell sites; obtaining at least one value of a first plurality of radio signal parameters from the region about the mobile radio terminal at a controlled rate from the mobile radio terminal, wherein the radio communications network controls the rate at which the mobile radio terminal transmits the at least one value of the first plurality of radio signal parameters from the region about the mobile radio terminal to the radio communications network for controlling a communications load on the radio communications network; processing the at least one value of the first plurality of radio signal parameters to generate the profile representative of the region about the mobile radio terminal based at least in part on the predicted one or more radio signal parameter values and/or ranges in the correlated one or more cell sites; and communicating the profile to a processor; such that the processor is enabled to compare the profile with at least one value of a second plurality of radio signal parameters obtained at another mobile radio terminal to determine whether the another mobile radio terminal is within the region.