Fingerprint provision control based on device properties

A method comprising:

• obtaining query information, wherein the query information comprises information on at least one property of a mobile device including information regarding at least one of a manufacturer, a model, a version of a hardware component, software or technical characteristics of the mobile device,
• determining that the mobile device is one of suited to provide fingerprint information or unsuited to provide fingerprint information based on a quality of the fingerprint information in terms of an accuracy of the fingerprint information to be provided by the mobile device as informed by at least the information on the at least one property of the mobile device comprised in the obtained query information, wherein fingerprint information comprises:
• (i) information on at least one radio node or on at least one cell observed at at least one position of the mobile device and (ii) information on the at least one position of the mobile device when the at least one radio node and/or the at least one cell is observed, the information on the at least one position of the mobile device being based at least on information from one or more of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver or a map,
• wherein information on the at least one radio node or the at least one cell that are observed at at least one position of the mobile device comprises an identifier of the at least one radio node or the at least one cell and one or more of a received signal strength, a pathloss or Timing Advance or Round-Trip Time measurements performed by the mobile device;
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• one of transmitting response information or causing response information to be transmitted to the mobile device.

A method comprising:

• one of transmitting query information or causing query information to be transmitted that relates to a mobile device, wherein the query information comprises information on at least one property of the mobile device including information regarding at least one of a manufacturer, a model, a version of a hardware component, software or technical characteristics of the mobile device,
• obtaining response information, wherein the response information comprises information indicating that the mobile device has been determined to be one of suited to provide fingerprint information or unsuited to provide fingerprint information based on a quality, including an accuracy, of the fingerprint information as informed by at least the information on the at least one property of the mobile device, wherein fingerprint information comprises:
• (i) information on at least one radio node or on at least one cell observed at at least one position of the mobile device and (ii) information on the at least one position of the mobile device when the at least one radio node or the at least one cell is observed;
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• in an instance in which the response information indicates that the mobile device is suitable to provide fingerprint information, providing fingerprint information or causing fingerprint information to be provided by the mobile device.