CN101098542A

CN101098542A - Method for mobile phone positioning using mobile phone base station

Info

Publication number: CN101098542A
Application number: CNA2006100362830A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邱建焜
Original assignee: Mitac Computer Shunde Ltd; Mitac International Corp
Current assignee: Mitac Computer Shunde Ltd; Shunda Computer Factory Co Ltd; Mitac International Corp
Priority date: 2006-06-30
Filing date: 2006-06-30
Publication date: 2008-01-02

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for using mobile phone base station to position mobile phone, which comprises that when a globe mobile communication system (GSM)receives a command group of user, the globe mobile communication system will send a broadcast signal to a plurality of wireless base stations nearby, then the base station that receives the broadcast signal will respond and feed relative information to the globe mobile communication system, then the globe mobile communication system receives the relative information, to obtain present location, and uses the information layer of the relative information to calculate out real position, engaged with an internal application program to display the position, therefore, user can enjoy positioning inquire without globe planet positioning system (GPS)module and relative devices.

Description

Utilize the mobile phone base station to reach the method for mobile phone location

[Ji Intraoperative field]

The present invention is relevant for the method for a kind of mobile phone location, be meant that especially a kind of a plurality of base stations (base station) of the GSM of utilization telephone system reach the effect of summary location, so, the user will not need the outer expense of buying some GPS modules and relevant peripheral outfit, can enjoy every benefit that the locating query function is brought equally.

[Bei Jing Ji Intraoperative]

The past people are to GPS (Global Position System) (Global Positioning System; Hereinafter to be referred as GPS) impression of this noun, often only appear at some very special fields, for example: the navigation system of airliner, foreign-going ship, even the monitoring of the thing unit of controlling of army etc., do not have much relations with common people's daily life, reluctantly, be that some top caravans are equipped with automobile satellite navigation system (CarNavigation System) at most; In recent years,, and be widely used in commerce and people's livelihood consumption is in life, estimate it and use more universalness, be expected to become the dominant role in the scientific and technological industry because the technology of GPS is more and more ripe.

And so-called GPS is meant 24 signals that artificial satellite emitted that utilization moves on about more than 20,000 kilometers high six tracks overhead, calculate signal recipient position on earth with principle of triangulation, gps receiver by ground surface end, can receiving satellite signal, to calculate correct position.

Though the technology of GPS is more and more ripe, range of application is close day by day with general common people's relation, and its graph data is also more and more abundanter; Relatively its internal memory expansion is also relatively more and more higher with the demand of processor (CPU) processing speed, simultaneously on volume, power consumption and price etc. are considered, all also fail at present to be accepted by the general common people, and in order to use the function of this GPS, the user also must buy some peripheries and be equipped with, for example: a kind of electronics mobile product (products such as PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), mobile computer) that GPS location and navigator are combined with existing product and complete electronic map information etc., all cause high on its price.

Yet, progress along with electronic industry, in this electronic product, for example: consumption electronic products such as global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile Communication is hereinafter to be referred as GSM) phone release one after another, and not only volume is compact day by day for it, price is cheap day by day, make passing unreachable radio communication and network service, become and be easy to get, and become a critical part in most of people life and the work.

Because this GSM phone is to adopt cellular cell notion to come its communication system of construction, wireless speech and data, services are provided, and the main demand of cellular cell notion is, with the base station of a plurality of low power transmitters, replaces the base station (bases tation) of a high power transmitter; In the GSM telephone system, the base station of each little area coverage is the configuration section frequency spectrum all, and the frequency spectrum that contiguous base station is disposed is all inequality to avoid co-channel interference.

Therefore, since use this GSM telephone system price cheap day by day, and the degree of intelligent's hand one machine almost, and because domestic base platform density is quite high, so the function of utilizing a plurality of base stations of this GSM telephone system to carry out a location inquiry though its setting accuracy comes precisely not as this GPS location, can be grabbed out the general location of the mobile phone of giving orders or instructions also, so, can save the expense of buying some GPS modules and relevant peripheral outfit.

So the inventor in sense of smell to this problem, and for early in response to the demand in market, promptly positive research and development utilize a plurality of base stations of this GSM telephone system to reach the effect of summary location, in order to promote the competitive strength of dealer in its like product.

[summary of the invention]

By the deep introduction in the above-mentioned prior art, we are not difficult to learn at present in order to use the function of GPS location, the user must buy the expense of some GPS modules and relevant peripheral outfit, and the price of this expense is high, relatively not only function is more and more complete for the GSM phone, price is also cheap day by day, the degree of intelligent's hand one machine almost, therefore, if can utilize a plurality of base stations of this GSM telephone system to carry out the function of a location inquiry, can save the expense of buying some GPS modules and relevant peripheral outfit, so the inventor is just to be engaged in the sector experience for many years, after through permanent effort research and experiment, finally development and Design goes out the present invention's a kind of " utilizing the mobile phone base station to reach the method for mobile phone location ", the characteristic that a plurality of base stations that make full use of this GSM telephone system with expectation carry out a location inquiry, and then can provide one more practical in daily life to the user, service more easily.

One object of the present invention, reach the method for summary location at a plurality of base stations (basestation) that utilize a global mobile communication system telephone, this method is to make this global mobile communication system telephone after reception is assigned an associated instruction set thereon by a user, promptly can outwards send a broadcast singal to being positioned near its several Radio Basic Stations (base station), afterwards, there is the base station that receives this broadcast singal all will respond relevant information to this its base station of global mobile communication system telephone, afterwards, this global mobile communication system telephone is after receiving these relevant informations, can learn the zone at its present place, afterwards, utilize the signals layer of these relevant informations further to calculate its actual position again, cooperate the application program in it position display at this present place of global mobile communication system telephone can be gone out again.

Another object of the present invention is can save the expense that the user buys some GPS modules and relevant peripheral outfit thereof by method of the present invention, simultaneously, can enjoy every advantage that this locating query function is brought again.

For ease of your juror can understanding be arranged further and understand, cooperate graphicly now for embodiment, be described in detail as follows technological means of the present invention and operation:

[description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a basic framework schematic diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the schematic flow sheet of Fig. 1 embodiment.

[embodiment]

The present invention is a kind of " utilizing the mobile phone base station to reach the method for mobile phone location ", this method is to make a global system for mobile communications (Global System for Mobile Communication, hereinafter to be referred as GSM) phone receive assign an associated instruction set thereon by a user after, promptly can outwards send a broadcast singal to being positioned near its several Radio Basic Stations (base station), afterwards, there is the base station that receives this broadcast singal all will respond relevant information to its base station of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone, afterwards, this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone is after receiving these relevant informations, can learn the zone at its present place, afterwards, utilize the signals layer of these relevant informations further to calculate its actual position again, cooperate the application program in it position display at the present place of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone can be gone out again; Therefore the user will need not buy some GPS (Global Position System) (Global Positioning System; Hereinafter to be referred as GPS) expense that module and relevant peripheral are equipped with, can enjoy every benefit that the locating query function is brought equally.

In the method for the invention, the control of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) associated instruction set that phone received, be to reach by AT instruction (Commands), this AT instruction is an European Telecommunication Standard (European Telecommunications Standard, hereinafter to be referred as ETS) develop, be in order to control the instruction set of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone, and can be with this AT of the command statement " AT+KCELL=0 " in this AT command set instruction, give near several Radio Basic Stations that are positioned at it outwards to send this broadcast singal; In addition, this AT instruction also provides the interface of this global system for mobile communications of control able to programme (GSM) phone, to realize the control of user to global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone.

In above-mentioned, these base stations that receive this broadcast singal all can respond the relevant information to its base station of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone, wherein this related information content includes an absolute rf channel number respectively, the identification code of one base station, the identification of one pulbic land mobile network, mobile country code and mobile network code, MNC, the information contents such as an area, one position and a mobile phone identifier, at this moment, this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone can be by the identification code of the base station in this related information content, area, position and mobile phone identifier are to learn the zone at its present place.

It below is basic framework schematic diagram at global system for mobile communications of the present invention (GSM) phone and some several known Radio Basic Stations, see also shown in Figure 1, as seen several base stations are arranged in this Fig. 1, and it is respectively numbering A, B, C, D, E, F and G, numbering H then is this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone in moving, wherein this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H can outwards send broadcast singal at any time, base station A around requiring in the coverage, B, C, D, E, F and G transmit information, at this moment, if these base stations A, B, C, D, E, all in coverage, the relevant information that then all will respond itself is given this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H for F and G; Afterwards, this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H is after receiving these relevant informations, can utilize the signals layer of these relevant informations further to calculate this base station A and global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H respectively again, this base station B and global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, this base station C and global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, this base station D and global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, this base station E and global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, and the distance of this base station G and global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, so, can obtain the present position of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H.

By described know learn, when the user will utilize these base stations A, B, C, D, E, F and G to learn the present position of its global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H will control processing according to the following step, see also shown in Figure 2:

Step (201) at first, receive that a dependent instruction concentrates one send command statement " AT+KCELL=0 " after, can outwards send a broadcast singal and give near several Radio Basic Stations A, B, C, D, E, F and the G that is positioned at it;

Step (202) afterwards, these base stations A, B, C, D, E, F and G are after receiving this broadcast singal, can respond the relevant information of giving its base station of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H A, B, C, D, E, F and G, for example: the identification code of base station A, B, C, D, E, F and G, area, position and mobile phone identifier etc.;

Step (203) afterwards, this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H is after receiving these relevant informations, can learn the zone at its present place, and the signals layer that utilizes these relevant informations further calculates these base stations A, B, C, D, E, F and the G position actual with it, cooperate its interior application program that the position display at present place is gone out again, afterwards, finish this time handling procedure.

From the above, utilize a plurality of base station A, B, C, D, E, F and the G of this global system for mobile communications (GSM) phone H, carry out the effect of a location inquiry, though its setting accuracy comes precisely not as this GPS location, but can grab out the general location of the mobile phone of giving orders or instructions also, so, can save the expense that the user buys some GPS modules and relevant peripheral outfit thereof, simultaneously, can enjoy every benefit that this locating query function is brought again.

Claims

1, a kind of method of utilizing the mobile phone base station to reach mobile phone location, this method be make a global mobile communication system telephone receive assign an associated instruction set thereon by a user after, will control processing according to following:

Outwards send a broadcast singal to being positioned near its several Radio Basic Stations;

Afterwards, there is the base station that receives this broadcast singal all will respond relevant information to this its base station of global mobile communication system telephone;

This global mobile communication system telephone can be learnt the zone at its present place after receiving these relevant informations;

Afterwards, utilize these relevant informations further to calculate its actual position again, cooperate its interior application program that the position display at this present place of global mobile communication system telephone is gone out again.

2, the method for utilizing the mobile phone base station to reach the mobile phone location as claimed in claim 1, wherein this associated instruction set is controlled to be one in the AT command set and sends command statement " AT+KCELL=0 ", gives near several Radio Basic Stations that are positioned at it outwards to send this broadcast singal.

3, the method for utilizing the mobile phone base station to reach the mobile phone location as claimed in claim 1, wherein this associated instruction set also provides the interface of this global mobile communication system telephone of control able to programme, to realize the control of user to this global mobile communication system telephone.

4, the method for utilizing the mobile phone base station to reach the mobile phone location as claimed in claim 1, wherein these base stations respond the relevant information to this global mobile communication system telephone, be the related information content such as identification code, area, a position and a mobile phone identifier that include an absolute rf channel number, a base station respectively, so that this global mobile communication system telephone is learnt the zone at its present place.