Location enhancement for emergency service sessions of wireless communication devices

A wireless communication device to handle an emergency service session, comprising:

• a communication interface configured to monitor pilot signals from a plurality of wireless access nodes in a wireless communication network;
• a processing system configured to process the pilot signals to determine an active set, wherein the active set identifies a subset of the plurality of wireless access nodes;
• in response to a request for an emergency service by a user of the wireless communication device, the processing system configured to modify the active set to identify at least one additional wireless access node from the plurality of wireless access nodes, resulting in a modified active set, and generate a request for the emergency service session to establish the emergency service session with the emergency service;
• the communication interface configured to transfer the request for the emergency service session for delivery to the wireless communication network, transfer the modified active set for delivery to the wireless communication network to assist with determining a location of the wireless communication device, and exchange communications of the emergency service session with the wireless communication network.