US 12,470,905 B2
Methods and apparatus for enhanced WiFi positioning using civic location for 4G and 5G
Avinash Shrivastava, Telangana State (IN); Stephen William Edge, Escondido, CA (US); and Mukul Sharma, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/001,071
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/043565
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/046346, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202021036289 (IN), filed on Aug. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209322 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for supporting location services for the UE, comprising:
receiving a request for location information from a location server in a wireless network for an emergency call;
sending a request for a location civic report to a WiFi access point;
receiving a Fine Timing Measurement frame from the WiFi access point that includes the location civic report that includes a civic location of the WiFi access point; and
sending to the location server the location information including the civic location to be sent to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for the emergency call.