Patent ID: 9277523
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: identifying a group of network cells; obtaining, at a location server, information relating to the group of network cells, the information comprising at least one of a positioning reference signal bandwidth utilized by each respective network cell in the group of network cells and a number of transmit antennas utilized by each respective network cell in the group of network cells; identifying a reference cell within the group of network cells and one or more neighbor cells within the group of network cells that are neighbor cells to a serving network cell; comparing at least one of a position reference signal bandwidth and an antenna port configuration utilized by the reference cell to at least one of a position reference signal bandwidth and an antenna port configuration utilized by a neighbor cell of the one or more neighbor cells; and generating at least one positioning assistance message that includes at least a portion of the information, wherein the generating comprises embedding an indicator of a result of the comparing within the at least one positioning assistance message.