Patent ID: 9480043
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for network based positioning (NBP), the method comprising: receiving a first positioning request for a mobile device within an environment, the environment comprising a plurality of access points (APs); determining the mobile device is within a coverage area of a first AP in the plurality of APs; measuring a NBP load of the first AP, wherein the NBP load comprises a direct NBP load and an indirect NBP load, wherein the indirect NBP load of the first AP comprises time spent by a second AP within the coverage area of the first AP sending range measurement data on a first channel of the first AP, the first channel being a home channel of the first AP; determining the NBP load for the first AP is less than a threshold NBP load; and instructing the first AP to process the first positioning request.