System and method for identifying the location of a wireless terminal

摘要

A system and method that identify the location of a wireless terminal (110). An illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises a wireless communication system (105) with a plurality of base stations (100). The system associates a location identification signal with each base station (100), such as an area code and an exchange of a telephone number in the geographic area (102) of the base station. When a call is connected through a base station (100), the system modifies the caller-ID signal for the wireless terminal (110) with the location identification signal of the base station (100). Thus, the system identifies the location of a wireless terminal (100).