Location tracing system for mobile telecommunication terminal and method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorKwang-Jin An
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AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorKwang-Jin An
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A system and method for tracing a location of a mobile terminal involves having the mobile terminal transmit a predetermined signal including discrimination information with a predetermined interval. A plurality of base stations calculate distances from the mobile terminal based on a reception time for the predetermined signal transmitted from the terminal and then transmit the distance values to a cell controller. The cell controller traces a location of the mobile terminal using the distance values transmitted from the base stations. Accordingly, the system and method does not need a GPS receiver to calculate the terminal location, thereby reducing costs and location error range for the mobile telecommunication system.
A location tracing system for mobile telecommunication terminals comprising:
A method for tracing a location of mobile telecommunication terminals comprising:
A method for tracing a location of mobile telecommunication terminals comprising:
A method for tracing a location of mobile telecommunication terminals comprising:
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Wireless communication networks
Radio direction-finding
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile telecommunication terminal, and more particularly to a system and method for tracing a location of the terminal in a service area.
2. Background of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a construction of a first system for tracing a location of a mobile telecommunication terminal by analyzing a satellite signal according to a conventional low earth orbit satellite;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a construction of a second system for tracing a location of a mobile telecommunication terminal by using a network of a conventional wireless telecommunication system;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a location tracing system for a mobile telecommunication terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system for tracing a location of a mobile telecommunication terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. This system includes mobile telecommunication terminals 31, 32, and 33, base stations 41, 42, and 43, and a cell controller 51. The mobile telecommunication terminals transmit predetermined signals including discrimination information with a predetermined interval. The base stations calculate distance values from the mobile telecommunication terminals based on times for receiving the predetermined signals transmitted from the mobile telecommunication terminals. The base stations then transmit the distance values. The cell controller traces locations of the mobile telecommunication terminals using the distance values transmitted from the plurality of base stations. In this system, the base stations are provided with distance-calculation algorithm processing units 41A, 42A, and 43A which calculate respective distances from the mobile telecommunication terminals 31, 32, and 33.
Operations of the location tracing system of the present invention will now be explained. First, the respective mobile telecommunication terminals 31, 32, and 33 transmit predetermined signals including their discrimination information to the base stations 41, 42, and 43 with predetermined intervals.
Then, for each terminal 31, 32, and 33, the base stations 41, 42, and 43 calculate distances from the mobile telecommunication terminal based on delayed times for receiving the predetermined signal from the terminal. At this time, in order to calculate the distances more accurately, a height of an antenna mounted at the base station has to be necessarily considered and the Pythagorean theorem is applied.