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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1997
Bagher Rouhollahzadeh, Dallas, TX (US);
Shahrokh Amirijoo, Dallas, TX (US);
Gunnar Borg, Dallas, TX (US);
Ericsson, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications system and method for handling positioning data acquired by a target Base Station Controller (BSC) during a positioning handover, in order to accurately determine the geographical position of a Mobile Station (MS) by a Positioning Center (PC). In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the target BSC can collect the necessary data for positioning and transmit the data to a serving Mobile Switching Center (MSC). Alternatively, the target BSC can transmit the collected data to an originating BSC, which in turn packages all of the data acquired by both the originating BSC and the target BSC and transmits this data to the MSC. In the case where a target MSC is also involved, the positioning data can be collected by the target BSC and transmitted to the target MSC for forwarding either to the originating MSC or the Positioning Center itself.