METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING AND USING LOCATION INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method, in a mobility management entity of a core network, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
- acquiring the location information of the user equipment provided by a base station; and
providing the home subscriber server with the location information.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method and device for acquiring and using location information, where a mobility management entity acquires trusted user location information from a base station and provides a home subscriber server with the trusted location information. With enhanced interfaces between the home subscriber server, on one side, and a serving-call/session control function, a proxy subscriber server and the serving-call/session control function, an application server, an online charging system and an offline charging system respectively, on the other side, the home subscriber server can provide these network elements with the trusted user location information, and also with enhanced interfaces between the online charging system and the offline charging system, on one side, and the serving-call/session control function, the proxy subscriber server and the serving-call/session control function, and the application server respectively, on the other side, transmission of the trusted user location information via these interfaces can be supported.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, in a mobility management entity of a core network, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
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acquiring the location information of the user equipment provided by a base station; and providing the home subscriber server with the location information. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method, in a home subscriber server of a core network of an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
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receiving the location information of the user equipment from a mobility management entity and storing the location information in a subscriber database; receiving from a first network entity related to the location information a request message for requesting the location information, wherein the request message requests the location information of the user equipment provided by a base station; and providing the location information to the first network entity requesting the location information. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, in a second network entity of a core network of an internet protocol multimedia subsystem, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
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transmitting a request message to a home subscriber server to request the location information of the user equipment, wherein the request message requests the location information of the user equipment generated by a base station; and receiving from the home subscriber server the location information, wherein the location information comprises the cell identity of a cell, or the sector identity of a sector, where the user equipment resides. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A first device, in a mobility management entity of a core network, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
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acquisition means for acquiring the location information of the user equipment provided by a base station; and first providing means for providing the home subscriber server with the location information.
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12. A second device, in a home subscriber server of a core network of an internet protocol multimedia subsystem, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
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first reception means for receiving the location information of the user equipment from a mobility management entity and storing the location information in a subscriber database, and for receiving from a first network entity related to the location information a request message for requesting the location information, wherein the request message requests the location information of the user equipment provided by a base station; and second providing means for providing the location information to the first network entity requesting the location information. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A third device, in a second network entity of a core network of an internet protocol multimedia subsystem, for processing location information of a user equipment, comprising:
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transmission means for transmitting a request message to a home subscriber server to request the location information of the user equipment, wherein the request message requests the location information of the user equipment generated by a base station; and second reception means for receiving from the home subscriber server the location information, wherein the location information comprises the cell identity of a cell, or the sector identity of a sector, where the user equipment resides. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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