Claims:1. An apparatus comprising a memory and a processor configured to cause a first wireless station to:
process a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request from a second wireless station, the LCI request comprising a field comprising an identifier of a third wireless station, and a field to indicate a location request for the third wireless station; and
transmit an LCI report to the second wireless station, the LCI report comprising location information corresponding to the third wireless station.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the field comprising the identifier of the third wireless station comprises a Medium Access Control (MAC) address of the third wireless station.
, Description:Recently the wireless industry has had an increasing interest on

Machine to Machine (M2M) communications or Machine Type

Communications (MTC) linked to technologies like Smart Grid, Wireless Sensor Networks, and applications focused on maximizing the control of resources and the tracking of vehicles and goods, M2.M uses a device (sensor, meter, etc.) to capture an 'event' (temperature, inventory level, etc.), which is relayed through a network (wireless, wired or hybrid) to an application (software program), that translates the captured event into meaningful information (e.g., items need to be restocked), MTC relies on devices interacting to produce data with little, if any, human assistance, but that data has to be available for use by humans. User interfaces and mechanisms allow an easy query, or in general terms, an intuitive experience and interaction. Today's communication networks, e.g., mobile operator networks, have been designed and built to fit the needs of human communication. At the same time machine-to-machine (M2M) communication solutions have emerged that are available on the market today. However, such solutions are mostly monolithic infrastructures that do not interoperate.