Measuring and analyzing the movement of mobile devices with the help of a wireless telecommunication network

Method for measuring and analyzing the movement of mobile devices with the help of a wireless telecommunication network comprising the following steps:

• 1.1 receiving telecommunication control data associated with the mobile devices;
• 1.2 wherein the telecommunication control data comprise data sets, each data set comprising:
• 1.2.1. a timestamp of an event;
• 1.2.2. an identifier for the mobile device involved in the event;
• 1.2.3. information on the location of the mobile device at the timestamp of the event;
• 1.3 wherein an event is the exchange of a communication packet between a mobile device and an antenna of the wireless telecommunication network;
• 1.4 organizing a plurality of data sets of the received telecommunication control data in at least one data object;
• 1.4.1 wherein each data object comprises data sets with an identical mobile device identifier;
• 1.5 storing said data objects for further analysis;
• 1.6 extending at least one of said data objects by at least one attribute, wherein the step of extending said at least one data object involves
• 1.6.1 deriving the at least one attribute by an algorithm able to characterize the movement of the mobile device from both
• 1.6.1.1 the data sets in said at least one data object and
• 1.6.1.2 attributes that have been previously stored in said at least one data object;
• 1.6.2 wherein the relationship between the derived attribute and the data sets of said at least one data object are maintained;
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• 1.7 storing the at least one attribute within said at least one data object, including its relationship to the data sets of said at least one data object for further analysis;
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• 1.8 reiterating steps 1.6 to 1.7 when new algorithms are conceived to derive new attributes.