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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Martin C. Alles, Vienna, VA (US);
Thomas B. Gravely, Herndon, VA (US);
Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Sterling, VA (US);
Andrew E. Beck, Ashburn, VA (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining the location of a target mobile device in a communications network. A set of mobile devices in proximity to the target mobile device may be determined () as a function of a common parameter of information observed by mobile devices in the set. Measurement data may be shared () for the set of mobile devices and the target mobile device, and a location of the target mobile device () determined as a function of the shared measurement data. This sharing of measurement data may occur amongst the set of mobile devices and the target mobile device or may also occur at a communication network entity.