Methods and apparatuses for use in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions.

主权项

1. A method comprising, at a directory device:
in response to receiving a request for a repository device identifier from a mobile station:
determining one or more indoor regions that are at or nearby a first estimated location of said mobile station; transmitting a first response to said mobile station, said first response identifying one or more identifiers for preliminary positioning assistance data for said one or more indoor regions determined to be at or nearby said first estimated location, wherein said request for said repository device identifier comprises a request that is indicative of at least said first estimated location of said mobile station; receiving a message from said mobile station, said message being indicative of a signal characteristic measurement for a signal received by said mobile station from a transmitter identified in at least a portion of said preliminary positioning assistance data; determining that said mobile station is at a first one of said one or more indoor regions based, at least in part, on said signal characteristic measurement; and transmitting a second response to said mobile station, the second response being indicative that said mobile station is at said first one of said one or more indoor regions.