Patent ID: 8204503

Claim:
A method of operating a base station identification system to indicate mobility of a wireless communication device, the method comprising: initiating a modulo count to indicate the mobility of the wireless communication device; determining a last base station identifier for a last base station serving the wireless communication device; comparing the last base station identifier to a set of previous base station identifiers for previous base stations serving the wireless communication device; if the last base station identifier is in the set of previous base station identifiers, assigning a previous modulo number in the modulo count to the last base station identifier, wherein the previous modulo number was previously assigned to one of the previous base station identifiers matching the last base station identifier; if the last base station identifier is not in the set of previous base station identifiers, assigning a next modulo number in the modulo count to the last base station identifier, and adding the last base station identifier to the set of previous base station identifiers; and storing data indicating a sequence of the assigned modulo numbers for the modulo count.