Method and apparatus for determining the position of a portable device

摘要

Method and Apparatus are disclosed for determining the position of a portable device in a wireless network formed by a plurality of base stations. In an embodiment an apparatus for determining a location of a wireless device in a wireless communication network provided by a plurality of base stations is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a signal strength table and a positioning service module. The signal strength table characterizes signal strengths relative to each of plurality base stations at each of a plurality of locations in the wireless communication network. The positioning service module correlates an actual received signal strength for a communication with the wireless device with at least one of the received signal strengths in the signal strength table, to determine the position of the wireless device. Alternate means and methods are also disclosed for determining the position of the portable device.