Tracking user terminals in a mobile communication network

• There is provided a method of tracking user terminals in a mobile communication network. The method comprising, at a tracking node, determining that a user terminal is located in a tracking area, storing data associated with the tracking area, the data comprising a number of observations of all user terminals at the tracking area at a first time, receiving a page response from the user terminal located in one of the tracking area and a further tracking area, and in the event that the user terminal remains located at the tracking area, updating the data to include the number of page responses received at the tracking area after a first time interval, and in the event that the user terminal is located at the further tracking area, updating the data to include the number of page responses received at the further tracking area after the first time interval.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

Publication and Content Type

pop (subject category)

pat (subject category)