TD(98)014

Abstract
Finding the location of a transmitting station is a classic problem of electromagnetism. The algorithms employed for its solution depend on the final use of the location information and the propagation characteristics. In GSM, the problem of location finding for network management and planning is of particular interest. A common application is finding the location of "Hot spots". For that purpose, it is proposed to use Mobile Station measurement reports. Several algorithms are considered for handling the received data: path search, data smoothing and position smoothing. All algorithms tend to perform better close to a base station, in a good coverage area.