| CPC H04W 4/38 (2018.02) | 26 Claims |
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1. A method of sensor activation for positioning a mobile device in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
during a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Positioning Protocol (LPP) positioning session between the mobile device and a location server:
receiving in a first LPP message, location information at the location server from the mobile device for which sensor data reporting is inactive, wherein the location information includes measured position information and does not include sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile device;
determining with the location server that a trigger condition has been met for activating the sensor data reporting;
responsive to determining the trigger condition has been met, sending, from the location server to the mobile device, an activation message comprising instructions to activate the sensor data reporting; and
subsequent to activating the sensor data reporting, receiving combined location information at the location server in a second LPP message from the mobile device, wherein the combined location information includes sensor data from the one or more sensors of the mobile device.
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