A system for positioning a wireless LAN device includes a client device
for transmitting a positioning request, the positioning request
identifying a wireless LAN device, a location server for receiving the
request, and a backbone network for requesting a position from the
wireless LAN device and receiving position information from the wireless
LAN device, wherein the backbone network transmits the position
information to the location server, and wherein the location server
determines positioning data based on the position information and the
request, and transmits the positioning data to the client device.