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Location-based context delivery

  • US 10,334,392 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2016
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the apparatus further including computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the node, cause the apparatus to:

  • receive a location context request from a server, wherein the location context request identifies a specific user equipment (UE) for which location context information is requested;

    determine whether the server is authorized to obtain location context information of the specific UE;

    in response to the location context request from the server, obtain the location context information that is specific to the UE from a core network node; and

    if the server is authorized to obtain location context information of the specific UE, provide the location context information to the server,wherein the location context information comprises congestion levels of one or more nodes that serve the UE, and the congestion levels comprise user plane congestion information or control plane congestion information.

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