Patent ID: 8503352

Claim:
A method of transmitting a reference signal from a Base Station (BS) to a Mobile Station (MS) for positioning in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: locating a Primary Advance (PA) preamble in a first symbol of a second frame among frames constituting each of multiple superframes; locating a Secondary Advance (SA) preamble in first symbols of first and third frames among the frames constituting each of the multiple superframes; determining a plurality of consecutive first superframes belonging to a Location-Based Service (LBS) zone from among the multiple superframes; including the reference signal for LBS in a first symbol of a first subframe of a last frame among frames constituting each of the first superframes; when data is to be transmitted, including the data in a first symbol of a first subframe of a last frame among frames constituting each of second superframes that correspond to the multiple superframes excluding the first superframes; and communicating with the MS by using the first and second superframes.