MOBILE COMMUNICATION STATION HAVING SELECTABLE POSITION LATENCY FOR POSITION ESTIMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

摘要

Mobile communication stations (STA) and a method for position estimation in a wireless network having access points (APs) are disclosed. The STA is configured to perform position estimation operations, with respect to the APs, based on a position latency parameter, a rate parameter, a power parameter, and an accuracy parameter. An upper layer of the STA may send the parameters to a position provider that generates the position estimation measurements and transmits the results back to the upper layer wherein the results include the position of the STA prior to the present time and the length of time from the present time to the time that the STA was at that particular position.

主权项

1. A mobile communication station (STA) for operation in a wireless network having access points (APs), the STA having hardware processing circuitry including logic configured to perform position estimation operations with respect to the APs based on a position latency parameter, the circuitry including a position estimation circuit to receive the position latency parameter in order to estimate a prior STA position at a time delay indicated by the latency parameter, wherein the time delay is a time period from a present time to a previous time that the STA was at that particular position, wherein the position estimation circuit further reports the prior STA position estimation to an upper layer of the STA.