Continental Automotive Gmbh

Michael Schmeisser

Stefan Hermann

An apparatus and a method for locating a mobile terminal, in particular a mobile radio terminal for a cellular mobile radio network by way of an apparatus of a motor vehicle. The mobile terminal sets up a connection to at least one first receiver, while the mobile terminal does not set up a connection to the at least one further one of the receivers at least for this locating operation. Both the at least one first receiver and at least one of the further ones of the receivers each determine a field strength of at least one radio signal transmitted by the mobile terminal or a first receiver. The field strengths thus determined are used to locate to locate the mobile terminal.

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Bad Abbach, Germany

Michael Schmeisser