Patent ID: 9538496
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G01S,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request for information pertaining to transceiver devices with which a multimode wireless device is configured to communicate; accessing, in response to the request, a database containing transceiver device information relevant to at least two network modes of operation of the multimode wireless device; selecting, from the database, assistance information to assist position determination for the multimode wireless device, including transceiver device position information for at least one transceiver device, for each of the at least two network modes of operation, determined to be within an associated positioning range from the multimode wireless device at which positioning operations can be performed, wherein the at least one transceiver device for each of the at least two network modes of operation is further associated with a communication range, different from the associated positioning range, at which voice and data communication exchange can be performed; and transmitting to the multimode wireless device the assistance information selected in response to the request so as to enable determination of the multimode wireless device's position based on the transceiver device position information for each of the at least one transceiver device, for each of the at least two network modes of operation, determined to be within the respective associated positioning range.