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US 8,786,491 B2Granted
Methods and apparatuses for requesting/providing assistance data associated with various satellite positioning systems in wireless communication networks
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSven Fischer, Ie-Hong Lin, Kirk Allan Burroughs, Grant Alexander Marshall, Stephen W. Edge
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are provided for use by devices within in wireless communication network to request and/or provide assistance data and/or other like data associated with various Satellite Positioning Systems (SPSs).
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A method in a mobile station, the method comprising:
- identifying requested assistance data associated with a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) used by said mobile station, wherein the requested assistance data support a position determination process at the mobile station based, at least in part, on received SPS signals;
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- transmitting electromagnetic signals representing at least one message over a wireless communication link to at least one network resource, said at least one message comprising at least one element identifying said requested assistance data and a specific format of said requested assistance data, wherein said requested assistance data is available in a plurality of formats.
An apparatus within a mobile station, the apparatus comprising:
- means for identifying requested assistance data associated with a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) used by said mobile station, wherein the requested assistance data support a position determination process at the mobile station based, at least in part, on received SPS signals;
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- means for transmitting electromagnetic signals representing at least one message over a wireless communication link to at least one network resource, said at least one message comprising at least one element identifying said requested assistance data and a specific format of said requested assistance data, wherein said requested assistance data is available in a plurality of formats.
A mobile station comprising:
- at least one receiver operatively enabled to receive electromagnetic signals associated with a Satellite Positioning System (SPS);
- at least one wireless transceiver;
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- at least one processing unit operatively coupled to said receiver and said wireless transceiver and being operatively enabled to:
- identify requested assistance data associated with said SPS used by said mobile station, wherein the requested assistance data support a position determination process based, at least in part, on said received electromagnetic signals associated with said SPS;
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- initiate transmission of electromagnetic signals representing at least one message over a wireless communication link to at least one network resource using said wireless transceiver, said at least one message comprising at least one element identifying said requested assistance data and a specific format of said requested assistance data, wherein said requested assistance data is available in a plurality of formats.
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An article comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer implementable instructions stored thereon which if implemented by one or more processing units in a mobile station operatively enable the mobile station to:
- as part of a position determination process, identify requested assistance data associated with a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) used by said mobile station, wherein the requested assistance data support a position determination process at the mobile station based, at least in part, on received SPS signals;
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- initiate transmission of electromagnetic signals representing at least one message over a wireless communication link to at least one network resource, said at least one message comprising at least one element identifying said requested assistance data and a specific format of said requested assistance data, wherein said requested assistance data is available in a plurality of formats.
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