Providing location information in a visited network
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system, the method comprising:
- providing user equipment with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a direct user plane connection with a location service entity, when the user equipment is visiting the visited communication network, the visited communication network being different to a home network of the user equipment; and
establishing the direct user plane connection in the visited communication network between the user equipment and the location service entity associated with the visited communication network;
wherein establishing a user plane connection comprises initiating, by a location service entity of the visited network, establishment of a direct user plane connection between the location service entity of the visited network and the user equipment.
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Abstract
A method for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system is disclosed. In the method a user equipment is provided with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a user plane connection with at least one location service entity when the user equipment is visiting a communication network other than a home network of the user equipment. This information may then be used for establishment of a user plane connection in the visited communication network between the user equipment and a location service entity.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system, the method comprising:
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providing user equipment with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a direct user plane connection with a location service entity, when the user equipment is visiting the visited communication network, the visited communication network being different to a home network of the user equipment; and establishing the direct user plane connection in the visited communication network between the user equipment and the location service entity associated with the visited communication network; wherein establishing a user plane connection comprises initiating, by a location service entity of the visited network, establishment of a direct user plane connection between the location service entity of the visited network and the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A location service arrangement for providing location information regarding user equipment in communication with a communication system, the communication system comprising a plurality of networks, one of the networks being a home network of the user equipment and at least one visited network being a network the user equipment is allowed to visit, the location service arrangement comprising a home location service entity of the user equipment, and at least one further location service entity associated with the at least one other network, wherein the user equipment is configured to use information regarding at least one user plane address of a location service entity associated with the visited network and to communicate location service information on a direct user plane connection with the location service entity associated with the visited network, when visiting the visited network and the location service entity of the visited network is configured to initiate establishment of the direct user plane connection between the location service entity of the visited network and the user equipment.
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14. A location service arrangement for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system, comprising:
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providing means for providing user equipment with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a direct user plane connection with a location service entity associated with a visited communication network, when the user equipment is visiting the visited communication network, the visited communication network being different to a home network of the user equipment; and establishing means for establishing the direct user plane connection in the visited communication network between the user equipment and the location service entity associated with the visited communication network; wherein the establishing means comprises initiating means for initiating, by the location service entity of the visited network, establishment of the direct user plane connection between the location service entity of the visited network and the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A location service entity for providing location information regarding a user equipment in communication with a communication system, the communication system comprising a plurality of networks, one of the networks being a home network of the user equipment and at least one visited network being a network the user equipment is allowed to visit, the location service entity being associated with the visited network, wherein the location service entity is configured to initiate establishment of a user plane connection in the visited network between the location service entity and the user equipment, thereby enabling the user equipment to communicate on the user plane connection with the location service entity when the user equipment is visiting the visited network, wherein establishing a direct user plane connection includes initiating, by the location service entity of the visited network, establishment of the direct user plane connection between the location service entity of the visited network and the user equipment.
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27. A method for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system, the method comprising:
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providing user equipment with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a direct user plane connection with a location service entity, when the user equipment is visiting the visited communication network, the visited communication network being different to a home network of the user equipment; and establishing the direct user plane connection in the visited communication network between the user equipment and the location service entity associated with the visited communication network; wherein the providing of the user equipment with information enabling the user equipment to communicate with the location service entity comprises sending to the user equipment, from a location service entity of the home network, information about an address of the location service entity associated with the visited communication network, and further comprising establishing a connection between the user equipment and the location service entity of the home network, receiving a user plane address of the location service entity associated with the visited network in the user equipment, and using the received user plane address for establishing a direct user plane connection between the user equipment and the location service entity of the visited network.
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28. A location service arrangement for establishing a media for communications in association with a location information service provided in association with a communication system, comprising:
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providing means for providing user equipment with information enabling the user equipment to communicate on a direct user plane connection with a location service entity associated with a visited communication network, when the user equipment is visiting the visited communication network, the visited communication network being different to a home network of the user equipment; and establishing means for establishing the direct user plane connection in the visited communication network between the user equipment and the location service entity associated with the visited communication network; wherein the providing means comprises sending means for sending to the user equipment, from a location service entity of the home network, information about an address of the location service entity associated with the visited communication network; and the arrangement further comprises second establishing means for establishing a connection between the user equipment and the location service entity of the home network;
receiving means for receiving a user plane address of the location service entity associated with the visited network in the user equipment; and
third establishing means for using the received user plane address to establish a direct user plane connection between the user equipment and the location service entity of the visited network.
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