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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Gianluca Boiero, Turin, IT;
Piero Lovisolo, Turin, IT;
Gianluca Boiero, Turin, IT;
Piero Lovisolo, Turin, IT;
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A method of determining an environment wherein a mobile terminal of a mobile radiocommunication network is situated, the mobile terminal being associated to an identifier. The method includes: i) retrieving the identifier; ii) retrieving at least one technical feature of the mobile terminal according to the identifier, the one technical feature being related to the capability of the mobile terminal of receiving a radio signal; iii) taking a measurement indicative of a quality of the radio signal at the mobile terminal; and iv) applying to the measurement an operation for determining the environment, the operation depending on at least one parameter, wherein the method further includes, before step iv), v) adjusting at least one of the at least one parameter and the measurement according to the at least one technical feature.