Modifying navigation assistance parameters of a mobile-based positioning capability based on observations gathered by a network-based positioning capability

An apparatus comprising:

• means for obtaining navigation assistance parameters (NAP) for a mobile device within a particular environment, said NAP for use, at least in part, by said mobile device to estimate its movement and/or position within said particular environment based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals acquired by said mobile device as part of a mobile-based positioning (MBP) capability;
• means for modifying said NAP based, at least in part, on observations of movements and/or positions of a plurality of mobile devices within said particular environment gathered by a network-based positioning (NBP) capability, wherein at least a portion of said observations is based, at least in part, on one or more signal characteristics for one or more signals transmitted by at least one of said plurality of mobile devices and acquired by at least one receiver;
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• means for providing at least a portion of said modified NAP to at least one electronic device of said MBP capability.

An apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• a processing unit to:
• access navigation assistance parameters (NAP) for a mobile device within a particular environment, said NAP for use, at least in part, by said mobile device to estimate its movement and/or position within said particular environment based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals acquired by said mobile device as part of a mobile-based positioning (MBP) capability;
• modify said NAP based, at least in part, on observations of movements and/or positions of a plurality of mobile devices within said particular environment gathered by a network-based positioning (NBP) capability, wherein at least a portion of said observations is based, at least in part, on one or more signal characteristics for one or more signals transmitted by at least one of said plurality of mobile devices and acquired by at least one receiver;
• and
• initiate transmission of at least a portion of said modified NAP to at least one electronic device of said MBP capability via said communication interface.

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by at least one processor in a network-based positioning (NBP) capability to:
• obtain navigation assistance parameters (NAP) for a mobile device within a particular environment, said NAP for use, at least in part, by said mobile device to estimate its movement and/or position within said particular environment based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals acquired by said mobile device as part of a mobile-based positioning (MBP) capability;
• modify said NAP based, at least in part, on observations of movements and/or positions of a plurality of mobile devices within said particular environment gathered by a network-based positioning (NBP) capability, wherein at least a portion of said observations is based, at least in part, on one or more signal characteristics for one or more signals transmitted by at least one of said plurality of mobile devices and acquired by at least one receiver;
• and
• initiate transmission of at least a portion of said modified NAP to at least one electronic device of said MBP capability.

An apparatus for use in a mobile-based positioning (MBP) capability, the apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• a processing unit to:
• obtain, via said communication interface, navigation assistance parameters (NAP) for a mobile device within a particular environment from at least one electronic device, wherein at least a portion of said NAP has been modified based, at least in part, on observations of movements and/or positions of a plurality of mobile devices within said particular environment gathered by a network-based positioning (NBP) capability, wherein at least a portion of said observations is based, at least in part, on one or more signal characteristics for one or more signals transmitted by at least one of said plurality of mobile devices and acquired by at least one receiver;
• and
• provide at least a portion of said modified NAP to a positioning capability of said mobile device for use in estimating a position and/or a movement of said mobile device within said particular environment based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals acquired by said mobile device as part of said MBP capability.

An article comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein computer implementable instructions executable by at least one processor in a mobile-based positioning (MBP) capability to:
• obtain navigation assistance parameters (NAP) for a mobile device within a particular environment from at least one electronic device, wherein at least a portion of said NAP has been modified based, at least in part, on observations of movements and/or positions of a plurality of mobile devices within said particular environment gathered by a network-based positioning (NBP) capability, wherein at least a portion of said observations is based, at least in part, on one or more signal characteristics for one or more signals transmitted by at least one of said plurality of mobile devices and acquired by at least one receiver;
• and
• provide at least a portion of said modified NAP to a positioning capability of said mobile device for use in estimating a position and/or a movement of said mobile device within said particular environment based, at least in part, on one or more wireless signals acquired by said mobile device as part of said MBP capability.