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Management-packet communication of GPS satellite positions

  • US 8,675,539 B1
  • Filed: 07/20/2010
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An integrated circuit, comprising:

  • a processor configured to support a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) and configured to use the WLAN to communicate a management-packet frame from a wireless access point to a mobile station without an established connection between the wireless access point and the mobile station, wherein the management-packet frame contains position data of a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and contains a quality estimate of the position data, wherein the quality estimate indicates whether the position data is received directly from the GPS satellite, and wherein the quality estimate indicates a number of data transfers, including at least one or more of the management-packet frames, from the wireless access point to the mobile station since reception of the position data from the GPS satellite by the wireless access point.

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