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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Swisscom Ag, Bern, CH;
Ernst Versteeg, Bern, CH;
Eric Taillard, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
Patrick Bailly, Puidoux, CH;
Maxence Laurent, Yverdon-les-Bains, CH;
SWISSCOM AG, Bern, CH;
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adaptively determining location of a mobile device. Antenna probabilities for a plurality of antennas in an area covered by a mobile radio network may be determined, with the antenna probabilities being determined based on expected field strengths for the plurality of antennas in each of a plurality of sub-areas of the area; and with the antenna probabilities indicate for each antenna, in each of the plurality of sub-areas, the probability that a mobile communication terminal uses that antenna when located in that sub-area. A location area for a user using a mobile communication terminal may then be determined based on the antenna probabilities and a determination of one or more antennas used by the mobile communication termination, wherein the location area is determined without measuring signal properties at the mobile communication terminal.