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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2010
Manuel Del Castillo, Madrid, ES;
David Albert Lundgren, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Manuel del Castillo, Madrid, ES;
David Albert Lundgren, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A Femtocell measures power from a serving and/or neighboring base stations in a radio access network specified in, for example, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and/or WiMAX. The power measurements are transmitted over a broadband IP network to a location server coupled to an associated mobile core network. Related location information comprising reference positions and/or actual location of the Femtocell are received from the location server over the broadband IP network. The Femtocell generates measurement reports of a serving and/or neighboring base stations in the radio access network. The generated measurement reports are transmitted to the location server over the broadband IP network. The location server identifies the reference positions of the Femtocell from a reference database based on the received measurement reports for calculating the location of the Femtocell by the location server and/or by the Femtocell itself. The calculated location of the Femtocell is used to update the reference database.