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Transmitting location data in wireless networks

  • US 10,129,847 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2016
  • Issued: 11/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed on a hardware computing device, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by the hardware computing device, a plurality of control messages, where each control message comprises location information in an information element of an options field of the control message, where the information element comprises a payload that includes a type field and a value field where;

    a. in accordance with the type field comprising a first value, the value field indicating a longitude and a latitude of a device that transmitted the control message,b. in accordance with the type field comprising a second value, the value field indicating an altitude above sea level of the device that transmitted the control message, andc. in accordance with the type field comprising a third value, the value field indicating an estimate of a radius of an error circle around the device that transmitted the control message, and wherein the information element further comprises a unique identifier field that includes a value indicating an organization that generated the location information; and

    determining, by the hardware computing device based on the location information comprised by the received plurality of control messages, a location of the hardware computing device.

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