Ap location query
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsGaby Prechner, Itai Steiner, Shani Ben-Haim
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Abstract
Embodiments for providing a query for location information for access points (APs) proximate to a reporting AP are generally described herein. A station may include a processor arranged to generate a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request having subelements arranged to query a reporting AP for a LCI report that includes location information regarding APs proximate to the reporting AP and a transceiver, coupled to the processor, the transceiver being arranged to send to the reporting AP the generated LCI request for the LCI report that includes location information regarding APs proximate to the reporting AP.
Claims31
1-61. (canceled)
An apparatus including circuitry to cause a wireless station to:
- generate a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request having a plurality of subelements configured to query for a LCI report;
- and
- receive the LCI report from a reporting station, the LCI report including a floor information subelement configured to provide floor information of a reported station.
An apparatus comprising circuitry to cause an access point (AP) to:
- receive from a station a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request having a plurality of subelements;
- and
- generate a LCI report including a floor information subelement to provide floor information of a reported station.
A computer program product comprising one or more tangible computer readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor logic, enable the at least one processor logic to:
- generate a request to query a reporting station for a Location Configuration Information (LCI) of a reported station;
- and
- receive from the reporting station a LCI report that includes a station floor information subelement corresponding to said reported station.
A computer program product comprising one or more tangible computer readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor logic, enable the at least one processor logic to:
- receive a request to query a reporting station for a Location Configuration Information (LCI) of a reported station;
- and
- send from the reporting station a LCI report that includes a station floor information subelement corresponding to said reported station, a basic service set identifier (BSSID) subelement including a subelement identifier (ID) to identify the BSSID subelement, and a BSSID array field.
A method of communicating location information by an access point (AP), the method comprising:
- receiving from a station a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request having a plurality of subelements;
- and
- generating a LCI report including a floor information subelement to provide floor information of a reported station.
A method of communicating location information by a station, the method comprising:
- generating a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request having a plurality of subelements configured to query for a LCI report;
- and
- receiving the LCI report from a reporting station, the LCI report including a floor information subelement configured to provide floor information of a reported station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.