METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF A RECEIVER FOR LOCATION INFORMATION
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for distinguishing between LOCATION_REPORT messages to avoid ambiguities. Therefore, a value of an information element of request type is returned by a radio network controller, depending on an intended receiver of the location information. A control node receiving the information element value analyses said value and determines the receiver depending on the result of said analysis.
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16. A method in a mobile telecommunication network operating according to Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) specification of determining a receiver for user equipment location information, the telecommunication network comprising at least one control node (CN) for handling location service requests and an interface connected to a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC), wherein the at least one control node is further connected via a radio network controller (RNC) of an access network to the user equipment, comprising the steps of:
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sending, from the at least one CN to the RNC, a LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, comprising a request type information element identifying a type of location request; sending, from the RNC to the at least one CN, a LOCATION_REPORT message, comprising a location information and the request type information element; sending the location information from the at least one CN to the GMLC if the request type information element indicates sending location information as a direct response to the LOCATION_REPORT_CONTROL message. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of answering a LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message for a radio network controller (RNC) in a mobile telecommunication network operating according to Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) specification, the telecommunication network comprising at least one control node for handling location service requests and an interface connected to a Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC), the method comprising the radio network controller executing the steps of:
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receiving from the at least one control node LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, comprising a request type information element for indicating the type of location request; and analyzing a value of the request type information element received in the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, wherein if the request type information element indicates sending location information as a direct response to the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, the RNC directly determining the requested location information; and if the request type information element indicates sending location information at a change of service area by the user equipment, the RNC determining the requested location information if the user equipment changes the service area; and sending a LOCATION_REPORT message comprising the location information and the request type information element to the at least one control node for handling location service requests. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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