Appeal No. 2001-2029
Application No. 09/095,170
whether there is a strong signal at particular locations so that
this information may be used in order to generate a handover
neighbor list, listing potential handover candidate base
transceiver stations, this is not a method for locating a mobile
telephone within a communications network, as claimed. The
mobile telephone location does not need to be determined in Bonta
because it is already known. Bonta is interested in using
simulation apparatus, which may be a software simulation tool, to
utilize various handover parameters as well as predefined routes
and locations along which a mobile communication unit may travel,
to select the best possible target base transceiver stations for
a handover of a mobile communication signal from a source base
transceiver station to a target base transceiver station. It is
true that Bonta partitions the system into a grid pattern and
assigns coordinates, which has some semblance to the claimed
“plurality of sections using a set of substantially rectangular
grids.” However, these grids are not used in the same manner
claimed in order to locate a mobile telephone within the network.
Moreover, appellant argues that Bonta does not disclose the
claimed “collecting location information and signal information
at each of said plurality of sections within said cell for
signals transmitted by said base station and other base stations
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