Patent ID: 7366492

Claim:
A method for mobile station location detection, comprising: measuring signal strength of each of a set of signals associated with a mobile station and one or more base stations; determining whether a number of signals in the set is less than a predetermined threshold; calculating a difference in power between a first and second signal in the set based on the determination; increasing power on a channel corresponding to the mobile station in response to one or more power control messages from the one or more base stations, respectively, the power increase being based on the calculation and lasting for a predetermined number of frames, wherein the predetermined number of frames is a performance parameter set by a network administrator, network performance engineer or other user based on call setup time and duration of speech in one frame, and wherein a location of the mobile station is determined during the power increase; and preventing reduction in the power increase during the predetermined number of frames by programming the one or more base stations to stop issuing power control messages during the predetermined number of frames.