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Low-power location information reporting

  • US 10,009,846 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2015
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

  • determining one or more properties of the UE, wherein the one or more properties include at least power state, last known location information, and a data usage threshold;

    selecting, based at least in part on the determined one or more properties of the UE, one or more location information devices of a plurality of location information devices of the UE to activate for determining a location of the UE, wherein selecting the one or more location information devices comprises selecting wireless wide area network (WWAN) data services to use for determining the location of the UE;

    identifying, based at least in part on the determined one or more properties of the UE, one or more parameters for determining the location of the UE, wherein identifying one or more parameters for determining the location of the UE comprises adjusting a number of times the UE can request location information using the WWAN data services based on the determined data usage threshold;

    determining the location of the UE based on data from the selected one or more location information devices, wherein the data is generated based, at least in part, on the one or more parameters; and

    reporting the determined location of the UE.

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