Patent ID: 9476966
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G01S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising, with at least one computing platform: obtaining signaling characteristics for one or more transmitting devices, said signaling characteristics being based, at least in part, on one or more signals received by a receiving device from said one or more transmitting devices, and comprising at least a received signal strength measurement and a propagation time measurement; determining that said one or more transmitting devices is located within or nearby a particular level of a structure comprising a plurality of levels based, at least in part, on a comparison of said received signal strength measurement with said propagation time measurement, wherein said determining further comprises: excluding at least one of said one or more transmitting devices from use in a positioning function by a mobile station based, at least in part, on said comparison, while said mobile station is located within one or more of said plurality of levels.