Patent ID: 7471953

Claim:
A method, comprising: transferring first location related information from a network control element of an unlicensed mobile access network to one or more mobile stations in first unlicensed mobile access message of a signaling protocol of the unlicensed mobile access network, said first unlicensed mobile access message comprising a first modified existing unlicensed radio resource message, wherein said first location related information comprises location services assistance data for use in determining a location of said one or more mobile stations; in response, transferring second location related information from said one or more mobile stations to said network control element in second unlicensed mobile access message of said signaling protocol of the unlicensed mobile access network, said second unlicensed mobile access message comprising a second modified existing unlicensed radio resource message, wherein said second location related information is determined by said one or more mobile stations using said first location related information; and obtaining the location of said one or more mobile stations using said second location related information.