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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2021
Vodafone Group Services Limited, Newbury, GB;
Jindong Hou, Newbury, GB;
Vodafone Group Services Limited, Newbury, GB;
Abstract
A method of estimating a geographic location of a mobile device configured to communicate using a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of cells is provided. The method comprises obtaining one or more data records from the mobile device, wherein each data record comprises a plurality of signal measurements and respective cell identifiers, wherein each signal measurement relates to a signal received by the mobile device from a cell of the plurality of cells attributed with the respective cell identifier. The method further comprises, for each data record, generating an ordered list of signal properties comprising the plurality of signal measurements, wherein each signal property in the ordered list of signal properties is correlated with a corresponding cell identifier assigned to the cell from which the signal was received, based on an index of the signal property in the ordered list of signal properties. The method further comprises, for each data record, estimating the geographic location of the mobile device based on the ordered list of signal properties.