System and method for determining a location for a device in a communication network
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsKevin J. Oerton, Michael Peter Montemurro
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Abstract
The disclosure recites a system and method of identifying location data for a server device managing communications for a wireless network. The method comprises: obtaining location data for the server device; identifying a location for the server device by analyzing at least the location data; updating data in the server device with the location; identifying a communication transmission range for the location for the server device; and configuring communications generated by the server device to conform to the communication transmission range.
Claims20
A method of identifying location data for a device in order to initiate communications for a wireless network using a radio technology, comprising:
- obtaining a predetermined default operating power level for the radio technology;
- initiating communications for the wireless network, using the default operating power level;
- retrieving, at the device, location data from at least one of:
- an internal global positioning system (GPS) module, or
- an analysis of transmissions with a cellular network,
- determining, using the location data, a regulatory domain for communication transmissions of the device, including any location-specific permissible/restricted operating transmit power levels;
- continuing communications for the wireless network, using the location-specific operating power level instead of the default operating power level;
- and
- re-starting the retrieving of the location data and determination of regulatory domain following an event trigger, wherein the event trigger includes detecting that the device entered a new network transmission area.
A device, comprising:
- a communications sub-system having a transmitter and a receiver;
- and
- a processor connected with the communications sub-system and configured to:
- obtain a predetermined default operating power level;
- initiate communications for a wireless network, using the default operating power level;
- retrieve location data from at least one of:
- an internal global positioning system (GPS) module, or
- an analysis of transmissions with a cellular network,
- determine, using the location data, a regulatory domain for communication transmissions of the device, including any location-specific permissible/restricted operating transmit power levels;
- continue communications for the wireless network, using the location-specific operating power level instead of the default operating power level;
- and
- re-start the retrieval of the location data and determination of regulatory domain following an event trigger, wherein the event trigger includes detecting that the device entered a new network transmission area.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program executable by a processor of a device having a communications sub-system, to configure the processor to:
- obtain a predetermined default operating power level;
- initiate communications for a wireless network, using the default operating power level;
- retrieve location data from at least one of:
- an internal global positioning system (GPS) module, or
- an analysis of transmissions with a cellular network,
- determine, using the location data, a regulatory domain for communication transmissions of the device, including any location-specific permissible/restricted operating transmit power levels;
- continue communications for the wireless network, using the location-specific operating power level instead of the default operating power level;
- and
- re-start the retrieval of the location data and determination of regulatory domain following an event trigger, wherein the event trigger includes detecting that the device entered a new network transmission area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.