Timetables for public transport lines from mobile network handovers
US10939328B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 16, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/0083
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Handover bursts are identified for source and target cell pairs along a given public transport line, and each of the handover bursts are tagged with anonymized identifiers of participating users. By searching for handover bursts with a significant share of common user identifiers, it is possible to recursively connect bursts corresponding to a particular public transport vehicle trip. Further, by projecting the estimated location of all connected handover bursts to the path of the given public transport line, it is possible to interpolate stop times and locations for the given vehicle along the entire trip.
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