Method of supporting location services in a mobile radio communications system

• US 20050182565A1
• Filed: 01/25/2005
• Published: 08/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Evolium SAS (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Bourdeaut, Stanislas
• Granted Patent: US 8,798,908 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/213
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/05 providing aiding data
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/09 providing processing capability normally carried out by the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

The subject matter of one aspect of the present invention is a method for supporting location services in a mobile radio communications system, in which method a mobile station receives from at least one network element involved in location services, for the implementation of a position measurement procedure, at least one information element adapted to indicate if the method type required for that position measurement procedure is a “Conventional GPS” method type (meaning that the mobile station behaves as a conventional satellite positioning system receiver.

Claims

1. A method for supporting location services in a mobile radio communications system, in which method a mobile station receives from at least one network element involved in location services, for the implementation of a position measurement procedure, at least one information element adapted to indicate if the method type required for that position measurement procedure is a “

Conventional GPS”

method type.

2. A method according to claim 1, where the mobile station receives from said network element a measure position request including an information element indicating that the method type required for that position measurement is the “

MS based”

method type and not containing assistance data.

3. A mobile station comprising means for receiving from a serving mobile location center type mobile radio communications network element, for implementing a position measurement, at least one information element adapted to indicate if the method type required for that position measurement is a “

Conventional GPS”

method type.

4. A mobile station according to claim 3, comprising means for receiving from said network element a measure position request including an information element indicating that the method type required for that position measurement is the “

MS based”

method type and not containing assistance data.

5. A serving mobile location center type mobile radio communications network element comprising means for sending to a mobile station, for implementing a position measurement, at least one information element adapted to indicate if the method type required for that position measurement is a “

Conventional GPS”

method type.

6. A network element according to claim 5, comprising means for sending to said mobile station a measure position request including an information element indicating that the method type required for that position measurement is an “

MS based”

method type and not containing assistance data.