Techniques to collaborate wireless terminal position location information from multiple wireless networks
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a wireless terminal operable in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN), wherein said wireless terminal is capable of collaborating terminal position information in said WMAN and terminal position information in said WLAN to determine the position of said wireless terminal.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless terminal operable in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN), wherein the wireless terminal is capable of collaborating terminal position information in the WMAN and terminal position information in the WLAN to determine the position of the wireless terminal.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wireless terminal operable in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN), wherein said wireless terminal is capable of collaborating terminal position information in said WMAN and terminal position information in said WLAN to determine the position of said wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
operating a wireless terminal in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) and collaborating terminal position information in said WMAN and terminal position information in said WLAN to determine the position of said wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18)
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15. A machine-accessible medium that provides instructions, which when accessed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
controlling the operations of a wireless terminal in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) and collaborating terminal position information in said WMAN and terminal position information in said WLAN to determine the position of said wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system, comprising:
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a wireless terminal;
at least one access point (AP) in a wireless local area network capable of communication with said wireless terminal and providing wireless terminal position information;
a base station in a wireless metropolitan area network capable of communicating with said wireless terminal and providing wireless terminal position information;
wherein said wireless terminal is capable of collaborating wireless terminal position information in said WMAN and wireless terminal position information in said WLAN to determine the position of said wireless terminal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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