Patent ID: 8223069

Claim:
A method for acquiring data to facilitate positioning at a mobile station (MS), the method comprising: receiving location based service (LBS) zone information including a size and location of an LBS zone or an LBS pilot zone for performing a positioning operation of the MS, wherein the LBS zone information indicates that the LBS zone or the LBS pilot zone is located within a slot frame corresponding to a slot frame (SF) index of 2 or 3 in every frame of a frame structure between the MS and a plurality of base stations (BSs), wherein the frame includes a plurality of slot frames; receiving LBS pilot signals via the LBS zone from the plurality of BSs based on the LBS zone information; performing the positioning operation for the MS based on the received LBS pilot signals, wherein the LBS pilot signals are received via a set of different time periods or different frequency regions within the slot frame corresponding to the SF index of 2 or 3.