LOCATION-AWARE MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A system and method for providing a multimodal list of transceiver devices to a remote terminal is disclosed. A positioning unit determines a location of a remote terminal. A processor identifies transceivers for communicating in at least a first communication mode and a second communication mode according to the location of the remote terminal. The processor retrieves information about the identified transceivers from a database and generates a multimodal list. The processor causes a transceiver to transmit the multimodal list of transceiver devices to the remote terminal using a communication mode of the remote terminal.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request for information pertaining to transceiver devices with which a multimode wireless device is configured to communicate; accessing, in response to the request, a database containing transceiver device information relevant to at least two network modes of operation of the multimode wireless device; selecting, from the database, assistance information to assist position determination for the multimode wireless device, including transceiver device position information for at least one transceiver device, for each of the at least two network modes of operation, determined to be within an associated positioning range from the multimode wireless device at which positioning operations can be performed; and transmitting to the multimode wireless device the assistance information selected in response to the request so as to enable determination of the multimode wireless device's position based on the transceiver device position information for each of the at least one transceiver device, for each of the at least two network modes of operation, determined to be within the respective associated positioning range.