Using a coverage area identifier to facilitate network reporting

摘要

Disclosed herein is a method and system for parsing a coverage area identifier. An example method is operable in a wireless communication system having a base station and a wireless communication device (WCD), the base station radiating to define multiple coverage areas in which the WCD can operate. The method involves: the WCD operating within one of the multiple coverage areas; the WCD receiving from the base station a coverage area identifier of the coverage area in which the WCD operated; the WCD determining a group to which the base station belongs; the WCD using the determined group as a basis to select a parsing technique from multiple parsing techniques; and the WCD using the selected parsing technique to parse the received coverage area identifier so as to extract from the received coverage area identifier one or more attributes of the coverage area in which the WCD operated.

主权项

1. A method operable in a wireless communication system having a base station and a wireless communication device (WCD), wherein the base station radiates to define multiple coverage areas in which the WCD can operate, and wherein each coverage area has a respective coverage area identifier, the method comprising:
determining a position of a centroid of one of the multiple coverage areas in which the WCD operated; determining a position of the base station that provided the coverage area in which the WCD operated; determining a position of the WCD; displaying on a display device (i) a first visual indicator of the determined position of the centroid of the coverage area in which the WCD operated, (ii) a second visual indicator of the determined position of the base station that provided the coverage area in which the WCD operated, and (iii) a third visual indicator of the determined position of the WCD; and displaying on the display device (i) a first line connecting the first and second visual indicators and (ii) a second line connecting the first and third visual indicators.