APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of estimating a location of a mobile station. For example, a mobile station may be configured to transmit to a wireless station a request for sensor-based position information corresponding to a change in a position of the wireless station; to process a response from the wireless station, the response comprising the sensor-based position information corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station; and to estimate a location of the mobile station based at least on a Time of Flight (ToF) measurement between the mobile station and the wireless station, and the sensor-based position information corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station.
1 . An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a mobile station to:
transmit to a wireless station a request for sensor-based position information corresponding to a change in a position of the wireless station;
process a response from the wireless station, the response comprising the sensor-based position information corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station; and
estimate a location of the mobile station based at least on a Time of Flight (ToF) measurement between the mobile station and the wireless station, and the sensor-based position information corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least displacement information corresponding to a displacement of the wireless station relative to a previous position of the wireless station when providing previous position information.
3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least velocity information corresponding to a velocity of the wireless station.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least multi-axis accelerometer information corresponding to the wireless station.
5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least six degrees of freedom (6DOF) information corresponding to the wireless station.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information corresponds to the change in the position of the wireless station represented in at least three axes.
7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least one value corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station, and an estimated error of the at least one value.
8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor-based position information indicates a change in at least one of a location of the wireless station, or an orientation of the wireless station.
9 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the mobile station to transmit a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) request comprising the request for sensor-based position information, and to process an FTM response comprising the sensor-based position information and one or more timing values of the ToF measurement.
10 . The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the mobile station to transmit a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request comprising the request for sensor-based position information, and to process an LCI response comprising the sensor-based position information.
11 . The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a Machine to Machine (M2M) station, a vehicular station, or an Internet of Things (IoT) station.
12 . The apparatus of claim 1 comprising a radio to transmit the request and receive the response.
13 . The apparatus of claim 1 comprising one or more antennas, a memory, and a processor.
14 . A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a mobile station, the operations comprising:
transmitting to a wireless station a request for sensor-based position information corresponding to a change in a position of the wireless station;
processing a response from the wireless station, the response comprising the sensor-based position information corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station; and
estimating a location of the mobile station based at least on a Time of Flight (ToF) measurement between the mobile station and the wireless station, and the sensor-based position information corresponding to the change in the position of the wireless station.
15 . The product of claim 14 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least displacement information corresponding to a displacement of the wireless station relative to a previous position of the wireless station when providing previous position information.
16 . The product of claim 14 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least velocity information corresponding to a velocity of the wireless station.
17 . The product of claim 14 , wherein the operations comprise transmitting a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) request comprising the request for sensor-based position information, and processing an FTM response comprising the sensor-based position information and one or more timing values of the ToF measurement.
18 . An apparatus comprising logic and circuitry configured to cause a first wireless station to:
receive a request from a second wireless station for sensor-based position information corresponding to a change in a position of the first wireless station;
determine the sensor-based position information based on sensor measurements from one or more sensors of the first wireless station; and
transmit to the second wireless station a response comprising the sensor-based position information.
19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least displacement information corresponding to a displacement of the first wireless station relative to a previous position of the first wireless station when providing previous position information.
20 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least velocity information corresponding to a velocity of the first wireless station.
21 . The apparatus of claim 18 configured to cause the first wireless station to process a Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) request comprising the request for sensor-based position information, and to transmit an FTM response comprising the sensor-based position information and one or more timing values of a Time of Flight (ToF) measurement.
22 . A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations at a first wireless station, the operations comprising:
receiving a request from a second wireless station for sensor-based position information corresponding to a change in a position of the first wireless station;
determining the sensor-based position information based on sensor measurements from one or more sensors of the first wireless station; and
transmitting to the second wireless station a response comprising the sensor-based position information.
23 . The product of claim 22 , wherein the sensor-based position information comprises at least multi-axis accelerometer information corresponding to the first wireless station.
24 . The product of claim 22 , wherein the sensor-based position information indicates a change in at least one of a location of the first wireless station, or an orientation of the first wireless station.
25 . The product of claim 22 , wherein the operations comprise receiving a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request comprising the request for sensor-based position information, and transmitting an LCI response comprising the sensor-based position information.