Method of evaluating a location of a mobile station within a cellular telecommunication network

摘要

A method of evaluating a location of a mobile station within a cellular telecommunication system is described. A cell is associated with a base station (BS). The mobile station (MS) is located within the cell. A timing advance (TA) is evaluated by the base station (BS). The method comprises the following steps: evaluating a direct distance (rd) between the mobile station (MS) and the base station (BS) for a number of locations (L) of the mobile station (MS) within the cell, evaluating common values depending on the direct distances (rd), and evaluating an estimated direct distance (rd*) of the mobile station (MS) from the base station (BS) depending on the common values.