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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Vodafone Gmbh, Düsseldorf, DE;
Frank Josefiak, Bonn, DE;
Vodafone GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The present invention concerns, inter alia, a method for generating location data for locating a mobile communication terminal () in a cellular communication network, said communication network being comprised of a number of radio cells (). The basics are that the communication terminal () successively establishes a connection to a number of two or more radio cells () having the same and/or different field strengths, in that the communication terminal () maintains the connection to the respective radio cell () for a defined time period, and in that after the defined time period has elapsed, the communication terminal () terminates the connection to the radio cell () and establishes a connection to the next radio cell (). The information items arising from this process are used on the network side to generate location data by means of which the communication terminal () can be located. The locating procedure is simple and inexpensive, particularly since no chargeable data connections are made.