The present invention is directed to an improved operations method for a wireless communication system. The improved business method, operations method, network and system of the present invention includes the steps of delivering cellular services to the mass market, reducing peak capacity, increasing overall capacity utilization, improving capital utilization, providing an “all-you-can-eat” pricing model, and designing capacity based upon where the users live, work, and play.

Operations method for providing wireless communication services

A method of determining coverage areas in a communication system includes determining, by a controller, a plurality of base stations in the communication system and determining, by the controller, a Voronoi region for each of the plurality of base stations. The Voronoi region corresponds to the coverage area for the base station. Each location in the Voronoi region is closest to the base station than any other base station of the plurality of base stations.

Methods of determining coverage areas

The telecommunications network includes a mobile switching center coupled to a home location register database for accepting calls from a wireless handset, a Public Switched Telephone Network that carries calls between distant switching centers, and a local network for terminating calls. The system works while a wireless subscriber is outside their home calling area also known as “roaming”. The system includes a method for dynamically routing wireless inter-exchange (long distance) calls in a telecommunications network by sending transaction capabilities application part messages containing instructions regarding call handling. It includes a method for sending transaction capabilities application part messages containing call setup parameters between a mobile switching center and a service control platform and a method for billing the long distance calls on the wireless subscriber's monthly statement.

Dynamically controlling wireless long distance routing while roaming

A method for providing wireless communications services including setting a given rate associated with a given period of time for the wireless communications services in a service area for at least one subscriber. Unlimited use of the wireless communications are enabled for the at least one subscriber within the service area for the period of time upon receipt of a corresponding payment of the given rate. The service area substantially coincides with a modeled geographic area indicative of anticipated participation of the at least one subscriber in at least one selected from the group consisting of living, working, playing, shopping and travelling, and system for implementing same.

System and method for providing wireless communications services

Determining a location quality based on base station identification is disclosed. The location quality can be based on an error attributed to a location determined based on historical data related to an identified base station. Application of supplemental data to the historical base station data can improve location quality by reducing the error. Supplemental data can comprise Voronoi data, geographic data, historical UE density data, historical UE timing advance data, or combinations thereof. Voronoi data can be associated with an area less than a service area of the base station. Geographic data can indicate areas where UEs are not likely to be located. UE density data can indicate probably UE locations. Timing advance data can indicate annular regions where a UE should be located. As such, the supplemental data can constrain a location determined for a UE and correspondingly can reduce error associated with the location.

Base station identification based location quality data determination

The present invention relates to a telecommunication network and to a method for the optimal definition, on a telecommunication network side, of the complexity (6), on the telecommunication network side, of a desired or existing telecommunication link (6) between two subscribers (1, 7) in order to determine the rate. According to this invention, one subscriber is a mobile subscriber (1) having a mobile radiotelephone, while the other is a fixed subscriber (7) connected to a fixed network. The position (2, radio cell 23a) of the mobile subscriber (1) is then detected. A local call is detected in the case of a telecommunication link (40) between the mobile subscriber (1) and a fixed subscriber (4) whose connection to the fixed network is located, due to the fixed network code, within a local area (3) surrounding the position (2, radio cell 23a) of the mobile subscriber (1). A toll call, which is relatively more expensive than a local call, is detected in the case of a telecommunication link (6) between the mobile subscriber (1) and a fixed subscriber (7) whose connection to the fixed network is located, due to the fixed network code, out of a local area (3) that can be predetermined and that surrounds the position (radio cell 23a) of the mobile subscriber (1).

Method for detecting, on a telecommunication network side, the complexity, on the telecommunication network side, of a telecommunication link between two subscribers in order to determine the rate, and device for realising the same

Ein Verfahren zur Zuweisung von optimalen Betriebsparametern, insbesondere von optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, in einem Funksystem, insbesondere in einem zellularen Mobilfunksystem, wobei das Funksystem aus jeweils durch einen Sender und die zugehorigen Funkfeldkenngrosen definierten Funkzellen besteht, A method of allocating optimal operation parameters, in particular of the optimum operating frequencies in a radio system, particularly in a cellular mobile radio system, said radio system consists of in each case defined by a transmitter and the corresponding radio link parameters of radio cells, wobei die zur Zuweisung der optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere der optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, zu verwendenden raumlichen Verteilungen von Funkfeldkenngrosen in unterschiedlichen, an die Zellgrose des Funksystems angepasten geographischen Auflosungen berechnet werden, wherein the assignment can be calculated to the optimal operation parameters, in particular of the optimum operating frequencies to be used in spatial distributions of radio field characteristics in different, adapted to the cell size of the radio system geographic resolution, wobei zur Zuweisung der optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere der optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, die in unterschiedlichen geographischen Auflosungen berechneten raumlichen Verteilungen von Funkfeldkenngrosen gemeinsam verarbeitet werden in der Art, das beim Vorliegen von Funkfeldkenngrosen in unterschiedlichen geographischen Auflosungen an einem Ort diese vorliegenden Funkfeldkenngrosen in eine gemeinsame geographische Auflosung abgebildet werden, wobei diese gemeinsame geographische Auflosung eine der bereits vorliegenden geographischen Auflosungen oder eine andere geographische Auflosung sein kann, wherein allocating the optimum operating parameters, in particular the optimum operating frequencies calculated in different geographical resolution spatial distributions of the radio field parameters are processed together in a way that displayed in a common geographical resolution in the presence of RF field characteristics in different geographic resolutions in a place this present radio field parameters are these common geographical resolution can be one of the already existing geographic resolutions or other geographic resolution, wobei die optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere die optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, durch Beurteilung der in der gewahlten gemeinsamen geographischen Auflosung vorliegenden Verteilungen der Funkfeldkenngrosen derart zugewiesen werden, das die Beurteilung der Funkfeldkenngrosen zur Zuweisung der optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere der optimalen Betriebsfrequenzverteilungen, durch Auswertung der von jeweils zwei Sendern verursachten Nutzsignal-Storsignal-Verhaltnisse jeweils innerhalb einer zu einem der beiden Sender gehorenden Funkzelle in der gemeinsamen geographischen Auflosung erfolgt. wherein the optimal operating parameters, in particular the optimal operating frequencies are assigned by evaluating the present in the selected common geographic resolution distributions of the radio field parameters so that the evaluation of the radio link parameters for allocation of the optimal operation parameters, in particular of the optimum operating frequency distributions, by evaluating the each of two transmitters caused useful signal to interference ratios is in each case within a period to one of the transmitters belonging radio cell in the common geographic resolution. Optimiert wird der Empfang von einem Sender eines Mobilfunknetzes durch Verringerung von Storungen von anderen Sendern des Mobilfunknetzes auf gleicher Frequenz. Optimize the reception of a transmitter of a mobile radio network by reducing interference from other transmitters of the cellular network on the same frequency.

Method for allocating optimal operating parameters, especially operating frequencies

Ein Verfahren zur Zuweisung von optimalen Betriebsparametern, insbesondere von optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, A method of allocating optimal operation parameters, in particular of the optimum operating frequencies, in einem Funksystem, insbesondere in einem zellularen Mobilfunksystem, wobei das Funksystem aus jeweils durch einen Sender und die zugehorigen Funkfeldkenngrosen definierten Funkzellen besteht, in a radio system, particularly in a cellular mobile radio system, said radio system comprising in each case defined by a transmitter and the corresponding radio link parameters of radio cells consists, wobei die zur Zuweisung der optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere der optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, zu verwendenden raumlichen Verteilungen von Funkfeldkenngrosen in unterschiedlichen, an die Zellgrose des Funksystems angepasten geographischen Auflosungen berechnet werden, wherein the assignment can be calculated to the optimal operation parameters, in particular of the optimum operating frequencies to be used in spatial distributions of radio field characteristics in different, adapted to the cell size of the radio system geographic resolution, wobei zur Zuweisung der optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere der optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, die in unterschiedlichen geographischen Auflosungen berechneten raumlichen Verteilungen von Funkfeldkenngrosen gemeinsam verarbeitet werden in der Art, das beim Vorliegen von Funkfeldkenngrosen in unterschiedlichen geographischen Auflosungen an einem Ort diese vorliegenden Funkfeldkenngrosen in eine gemeinsame geographische Auflosung abgebildet werden, wobei diese gemeinsame geographische Auflosung eine der bereits vorliegenden geographischen Auflosungen oder eine andere geographische Auflosung sein kann, wherein allocating the optimum operating parameters, in particular the optimum operating frequencies calculated in different geographical resolution spatial distributions of the radio field parameters are processed together in a way that displayed in a common geographical resolution in the presence of RF field characteristics in different geographic resolutions in a place this present radio field parameters are these common geographical resolution can be one of the already existing geographic resolutions or other geographic resolution, wobei die optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere die optimalen Betriebsfrequenzen, durch Beurteilung der in der gewahlten gemeinsamen geographischen Auflosung vorliegenden Verteilungen der Funkfeldkenngrosen derart zugewiesen werden, das die Beurteilung der Funkfeldkenngrosen zur Zuweisung der optimalen Betriebsparameter, insbesondere der optimalen Betriebsfrequenzverteilungen, durch Auswertung der von jeweils zwei Sendern verursachten Nutzsignal-Storsignal-Verhaltnisse jeweils innerhalb einer zu einem der beiden Sender gehorenden Funkzelle in der gemeinsamen geographischen Auflosung erfolgt. wherein the optimal operating parameters, in particular the optimal operating frequencies are assigned by evaluating the present in the selected common geographic resolution distributions of the radio field parameters so that the evaluation of the radio link parameters for allocation of the optimal operation parameters, in particular of the optimum operating frequency distributions, by evaluating the each of two transmitters caused useful signal to interference ratios is in each case within a period to one of the transmitters belonging radio cell in the common geographic resolution. Optimiert wird der Empfang von einem Sender eines Mobilfunknetzes durch Verringerung von Storungen von anderen Sendern des Mobilfunknetzes auf gleicher Frequenz. Optimize the reception of a transmitter of a mobile radio network by reducing interference from other transmitters of the cellular network on the same frequency.

Florian Dr.-Ing. Graf

Papers

Method for detecting, on a telecommunication network side, the complexity, on the telecommunication network side, of a telecommunication link between two subscribers in order to determine the rate, and device for realising the same

Method for allocating optimal operating parameters, especially operating frequencies

Method for attribution of optimal parameters, particularly use frequencies