Patent ID: 8965284
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G01S,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at an apparatus, one or more messages advertising the presence of another apparatus and including at least information indicating the availability of positioning-related information from the other apparatus; obtaining, by the apparatus, information relating to a physical configuration of an antenna array in the other apparatus; interacting with the other apparatus to initiate positioning-related information transmission, by transmitting a request to the other apparatus for the positioning-related information to be sent having a requested configuration; receiving at least one message from the other apparatus comprising the positioning-related information having the requested configuration; and determining, at the apparatus, at least one of a relative direction towards or from the other apparatus based on the received positioning-related information and the obtained information relating to a physical configuration of the antenna array in the other apparatus.