Method for measuring position in m2m system and apparatus therefor

A method for obtaining location information of a machine-to-machine (M2M) device by a M2M gateway, the method comprising:

• receiving a create request from a first M2M device, the create request for creating a first resource indicating a scheme of obtaining location information;
• searching for a device closest to the first M2M device based on network topology information, when the create request includes information indicating sharing-based location measurement;
• when the device closest to the first M2M device is found, storing location information of the closest device as location information of the first M2M device;
• and
• when the device closest to the first M2M device is not found, storing location information of the M2M gateway as the location information of the first M2M device.

A machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway configured to obtain location information of a M2M device, the M2M gateway comprising:

• a network interface unit;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive a create request from a first M2M device, the create request for creating a first resource indicating a scheme of obtaining location information,
• search for a device closest to the first M2M device based on network topology information when the create request includes information indicating sharing based location measurement,
• when the device closest to the first M2M device is found, store location information of the closest device as location information of the first M2M device, and when the device closest to the first M2M device is not found, store location information of the M2M gateway as the location information of the first M2M device.