Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and network for determining an environment wherein a mobile terminal is situated
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定移动终端所在的环境的方法和网络
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Application No.: US12312855Application Date: 2006-11-30
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Publication No.: US08224312B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Gianluca Boiero , Piero Lovisolo
- Applicant: Gianluca Boiero , Piero Lovisolo
- Applicant Address: IT Milan
- Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Milan
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/EP2006/069174 WO 20061130
- International Announcement: WO2008/064721 WO 20080605
- Main IPC: H04M3/00
- IPC: H04M3/00 ; H04W24/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100069057A1 METHOD AND NETWORK FOR DETERMINING AN ENVIRONMENT WHEREIN A MOBILE TERMINAL IS SITUATED Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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