METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION BASED ON NETWORK AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF
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1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- determining, by the electronic device, a position estimation point according to state information of the electronic device;
transmitting a position estimation request message to an Access Point (AP) at the determined position estimation point with a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection not being performed; and
receiving position information of the electronic device from the AP.
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Abstract
A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining, by the electronic device, a position estimation point according to state information of the electronic device. Further, the method includes transmitting a position estimation request message to an Access Point (AP) at the determined position estimation point with a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection not being performed, and receiving position information of the electronic device from the AP.
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1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
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determining, by the electronic device, a position estimation point according to state information of the electronic device; transmitting a position estimation request message to an Access Point (AP) at the determined position estimation point with a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection not being performed; and receiving position information of the electronic device from the AP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for operating an Access Point (AP), the method comprising:
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receiving, by the AP, a position estimation request message from an electronic device on which a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection has not been performed; transmitting path loss information measured via the received position estimation request message to an AP controller; receiving position information of the electronic device from the AP controller; and transmitting the received position information to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more processors; a communication module; a memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; determine a position estimation point according to state information of the electronic device; transmit a position estimation request message to an Access Point (AP) at the determined position estimation point with a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection not being performed; and receive position information of the electronic device from the AP. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An Access Point (AP) device comprising:
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one or more processors; a communication module; a memory; and one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to; receive a position estimation request message from an electronic device on which a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) connection has not been performed; transmit path loss information measured via the received position estimation request message to an AP controller; receive position information of the electronic device from the AP controller; and transmit the received position information to the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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