Patent ID: 8768289

Claim:
A method of providing positioning services in a wireless communication network that includes a positioning node that is configured to provide positioning information for a user equipment (UE) according to a selected positioning sequence, wherein different positioning sequences available at the positioning node offer different positioning response times or Quality-of-Service (QoS), wherein said method comprises: maintaining at a first node in the wireless communication network an extended set of client types or service types corresponding to a plurality of different types of commercial location-based services, wherein the different types of commercial location-based services are distinguished in terms of their location QoS criteria; receiving a positioning request at said first node for locating a UE; mapping the positioning request to one of the extended client or service types corresponding to the particular type of commercial location-based service associated with the positioning request; and signaling at least one of the following in a positioning request to the positioning node: the extended client or service type, or a specific positioning sequence that is mapped by the first node to the extended client or service type; wherein the first node and the positioning node are different nodes.