Radio signal source identification system

A method for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received from a mobile station within a cellular radio communication network, said method comprising:

• transmitting from a base station to each mobile station it is serving an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said base station;
• receiving at a mobile station, the radio signal of which is to be measured, said unique identity signal from its serving base station;
• transmitting as part of the radio signal from a said mobile station operating in active mode an identity signal which contains the unique identity of the base station which is serving it;
• measuring the value of the received radio signal from said mobile station at a base station which is not serving said mobile station;
• associating the measurements of the received radio signal with the cell served by the base station identified in the identity signal as the geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station and measured by said receiving base station;
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• utilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal from said mobile station and said geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station for cell planning or cell management.

A method for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received by a mobile station within a cellular radio communication network, said method comprising:

• transmitting from a base station an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said base station;
• receiving at a mobile station, a radio signal from a base station which is to be measured, said radio signal containing said unique identity signal;
• measuring the value of the received radio signal from said base station at a mobile station which is not being served by said base station;
• associating the measurements of the received radio signal with the cell served by the base station identified in the identity signal as the geographic source of said signal;
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• utilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal from said base station and said geographic source of said signal for cell planning or cell management.

A method for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received by a base station within a cellular radio communication network, said method comprising:

• transmitting from a first base station an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said base station;
• receiving at a second base station, a radio signal from a base station which is to be measured, said radio signal containing said unique identity signal;
• measuring the value of the received radio signal from said first base station at said second base station;
• associating the measurements of the received radio signal with the cell served by the base station identified in the identity signal as the geographic source of said signal;
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• utilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal from said first base station and said geographic source of said signal for cell planning or cell management.

A system for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received from a mobile station within a cellular radio communication network comprising:

• means for storing within said network indicia which associates each mobile station with the base station which is currently serving said each mobile station, each base station of said network having at least one of a plurality of unique base station identifications;
• means for transmitting as part of the radio signal from a mobile station operating in active mode an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said mobile station within said network;
• means for receiving said radio signal containing said identity signal from said mobile station at a base station which serves a cell which is not the currently serving cell of said mobile station;
• means for measuring the value of said received radio signal;
• means for sending a message from said receiving base station to the network to determine with which base station the mobile station having said unique identity is presently associated and considering the cell served by said associated base station, based on a corresponding unique base station identification from among said plurality of unique base station identifications, as the geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station and measured by said receiving base station;
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• means for utilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal and said geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station for cell planning or cell management.

A system for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received from a mobile station within a cellular radio communication network comprising:

• means for transmitting from a base station to each mobile station it is serving an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said base station;
• means for receiving at a mobile station, the radio signal of which is to be measured, said unique identity signal from its serving base station;
• means for transmitting as part of the radio signal from a said mobile station an identity signal which contains the unique identity of the base station which is serving it;
• means for measuring the value of the received radio signal from said mobile station at a base station which is not serving said mobile station;
• means for associating the measurements of the received radio signal with the cell served by the base station identified in the identity signal as the geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station and measured by said receiving base station;
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• means for utilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal from said mobile station and said geographic source of said signal received from said mobile station for cell planning or cell management.

A system for the identification of a particular cell from which a measured radio signal is received by a mobile station within a cellular radio communication network comprising:

• means for transmitting from a base station an identity signal which contains the unique identity of said base station;
• means for receiving at a mobile station, a radio signal from a base station which is to be measured, said radio signal containing said unique identity signal;
• means for measuring the value of the received radio signal from said base station at a mobile station which is not being served by said base station;
• means for associating the measurements of the received radio signal with the cell served by the base station identified in the identity signal as the geographic source of said signal;
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• means for utilizing, by the network, said value of said received radio signal from said base station and said geographic source of said signal for cell planning or cell management.

A method for performing automatic system administration functions within a cellular radio network having a plurality cells served by a plurality of base stations connected by at least one mobile switching center and a plurality of mobile stations moving within the cells, said method comprising:

• determining which cells from among a group comprising a plurality of cells within said network must have their interrelationships determined;
• determining, based up the present frequency allocation plan of the network, a list of frequencies to be measured to determine relative strengths thereof and interferences therebetween at different locations within said group of cells;
• sending said list of frequencies and measurement instructions to each of a plurality of said base stations serving the cells in said group and to a plurality of mobile stations moving within the cells in said group;
• performing frequency measurements by measuring the signal strengths of each of said frequencies in said list;
• determining the source from which each of the signals on each of the frequencies in said list is broadcast and associating each measurement with its source;
• collecting the measurement statistics and associated source information at each of said base stations serving the cells of said group;
• sending said collected information to said network;
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• performing automatic system administration functions within said network based upon said collected information.

A system for performing automatic system administration functions within a cellular radio network having a plurality cells served by a plurality of base stations connected by at least one mobile switching center and a plurality of mobile stations moving within the cells comprising:

• means for determining the interrelationship between a group comprising a plurality of cells within said network including determining how each cell in said group interacts with each of the other cells in said group;
• means for determining, based up the present frequency allocation plan of the network, a list of frequencies to be measured to determine relative strengths thereof and interferences therebetween at different locations within said group of cells;
• means for sending said list of frequencies and measurement instructions to each of a plurality of said base stations serving the cells in said group and to a plurality of mobile stations moving within the cells in said group;
• means for performing frequency measurements by measuring the signal strengths of each of said frequencies in said list;
• means for determining the source from which each of the signals on each of the frequencies in said list is broadcast and associating each measurement with its source;
• means for collecting the measurement statistics and associated source information at each of said base stations serving the cells of said group;
• means for sending said collected information to said network;
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• means for performing automatic system administration functions within said network based upon said collected information.