A method for network-based positioning of a mobile device as described herein includes selecting a first set of access points (APs) to take first positioning measurements from the mobile device obtaining the first positioning measurements from the first set of APs selecting, based on the first positioning measurements, a second set of APs to take second positioning measurements from the mobile device obtaining the second positioning measurements from the second set of APs and determining a location of the mobile device based on the first positioning measurements and the second positioning measurements.
