Base station selection for positioning/localization based on an indication of capacity

A device having an interactive radio localization capability, the device comprising;

• a receiver;
• a transmitter;
• and
• a processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter and configured to:
• initiate transmission of a request message via the transmitter and to a transmitting device having a complementary interactive radio localization capability, based, at least in part, on an indication of operative capacity corresponding to the complementary interactive radio localization capability of the transmitting device;
• obtain a response message via the receiver and transmitted by the transmitting device in response to the request message;
• measure a delay based on a time between transmitting the request message and receiving the response message;
• determine a round-trip signal traveling time based on the delay;
• and
• compute a position fix of the device based, at least in part, on the round-trip signal traveling time.

A device having an interactive radio localization capability, the device comprising:

• means for transmitting a request message, to a transmitting device having a complementary interactive radio localization capability, based, at least in part, on an indication of operative capacity corresponding to the complementary interactive radio localization capability of the transmitting device;
• means for receiving a response message, transmitted by the transmitting device in response to the request message;
• means for measuring a delay based on a time between transmitting the request message and receiving the response message;
• means for determining a round-trip signal traveling time based on the delay;
• and
• means for computing a position fix of the device based, at least in part, on the round-trip signal traveling time.

A non-transient computer-readable storage medium, for a device using an interactive radio localization technique, including program code stored thereon, comprising program code configured to:

• transmit a request message, to a transmitting device having a complementary interactive radio localization capability, based, at least in part, on an indication of operative capacity corresponding to the complementary interactive radio localization capability of the transmitting device;
• receive a response message, transmitted by the transmitting device in response to the request message;
• measure a delay based on a time between transmitting the request message and receiving the response message;
• determine a round-trip signal traveling time based on the delay;
• and
• compute a position fix of the device based, at least in part, on the round-trip signal traveling time.