NAVIGATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS USING UNIQUE LOCATION IDENTIFIERS OF BASE STATIONS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To alert a user to the user's location using terrestrial wireless signals.SOLUTION: Embodiments include a method for alerting a user to the user's position relative to a predetermined location in response to a unique identifying signal from a terrestrial base station, and a navigation method based upon one or more unique identifying signals from one or more terrestrial base stations positioned along a desired route. Also disclosed is a mobile terminal, for example, a mobile telephone, that is adapted to alert a user to the user's location and aid in navigating the user through a selected route in response to the position of the mobile terminal relative to one or more terrestrial base stations.