Patent ID: 8903420

Claim:
A method, comprising: (a) communicating a measurement collection request onto a device; (b) determining if and how a location information is to be acquired; (c) acquiring a measurement information and the location information; (d) storing the measurement information and the location information in a measurement log, wherein (c) and (d) are performed by the device; and (e) suspending the acquisition of measurement information and the acquisition of location information when a local resource is not available, wherein the step of (c) further comprises: (c1) enabling a location acquisition system, wherein the enabling of (c1) is performed by the device, wherein the location acquisition system generates the location information, wherein the location acquisition system is Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Observed Time Difference of Arrival System (OTDOA), and wherein location information is generated in accordance with a LTE positioning protocol (LTP).