Method and apparatus in a wireless communication system for adaptively selecting a resolution for determining and reporting location information
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsSlim Souissi, Thomas Casey Hill
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Abstract
A portable subscriber unit (122) and a controller (112) cooperate to maintain (402) a table (226, 326) identifying operations that utilize location information, and corresponding resolutions preferred for the location information when performing ones of the operations. When a request to perform an operation is received (404), the portable subscriber unit and the controller cooperate to select (408) a resolution preferred for the operation, in response to the request; and then to determine (414) and report (418) the location information at the resolution preferred for the operation.
Claims21
A method in a wireless communication system for adaptively selecting a resolution for determining and reporting location information associated with a portable subscriber unit, the method comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a table identifying a plurality of operations that utilize the location information, and a corresponding plurality of resolutions preferred for the location information when performing ones of the plurality of operations;
- receiving a request to perform an operation included in the plurality of operations;
- selecting from the plurality of resolutions the resolution preferred for the operation, in response to the request;
- and
- then determining and reporting the location information at the resolution preferred for the operation.
A portable subscriber unit in a wireless communication system for adaptively selecting a resolution for determining and reporting location information associated with the portable subscriber unit, comprising:
- a receiver for receiving the location information;
- a processing system coupled to the receiver for processing the location information;
- and
- a requesting and reporting interface coupled to the processing system for receiving a request and for reporting the location information in response thereto,
- wherein the processing system is programmed to cooperate with a fixed portion of the wireless communication system to:
- maintain a table identifying a plurality of operations that utilize the location information, and a corresponding plurality of resolutions preferred for the location information when performing ones of the plurality of operations;
- receive the request to perform an operation included in the plurality of operations;
- select from the plurality of resolutions the resolution preferred for the operation, in response to the request;
- and
- then determine and report the location information at the resolution preferred for the operation, via the requesting and reporting interface.
A controller in a wireless communication system for adaptively selecting a resolution for determining and reporting location information associated with a portable subscriber unit, the controller comprising:
- a network interface for conducting communications with a network;
- a processing system coupled to the network interface for processing the communications;
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- a base station interface coupled to the processing system for controlling a base station to communicate with the portable subscriber unit,
- wherein the processing system is programmed to cooperate with the portable subscriber unit to:
- maintain a table identifying a plurality of operations that utilize the location information, and a corresponding plurality of resolutions preferred for the location information when performing ones of the plurality of operations;
- receive a request to perform an operation included in the plurality of operations;
- select from the plurality of resolutions the resolution preferred for the operation, in response to the request;
- and
- then determine and report the location information at the resolution preferred for the operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.