SUPL initialization message in a location information system and method and system for processing SUPL by using the same

• US 7,929,965 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2009
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Shim, Dong-Hee, Chu, Youn-Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah; Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hwang; Stamford
• Application Number:
  US12/368,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20090215467A1
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 455/432.1
• US Class Current: 455/432.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/166 at the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/16 selectively restricting mobility data tracking
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/08 Upper layer protocols network arrangements or communication protocols for networked applications H04L67/00

Abstract

A terminal and method and system for processing SUPL are discussed. According to one embodiment, the invention provides a method of processing a SUPL request for a terminal that has performed roaming, the method comprising: receiving a SUPL INIT message from a home SLP entity, the SUPL INIT message including an indicator that indicates whether a home SLP entity uses a proxy mode or a non-proxy mode; checking the indicator to determine whether the home SLP operates in the proxy mode or the non-proxy mode; and selectively performing authentication with the home SLP entity based on the checking result indicating whether the home SLP entity operates in the proxy mode or the non-proxy mode.

Claims

1. A method of processing a SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) request for a terminal that has performed roaming, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal, a SUPL INIT message from a home SLP entity, the SUPL INIT message including a proxy/non-proxy indicator that indicates whether a home SLP entity uses a proxy mode or a non-proxy mode;

checking, by the terminal, the proxy/non-proxy indicator to determine whether the home SLP operates in the proxy mode or the non-proxy mode; and

selectively performing, by the terminal, an authentication with the home SLP entity based on the checking result indicating whether the home SLP entity operates in the proxy mode or the non-proxy mode; and

receiving, by the terminal from the home SLP entity, a message including information associated with the authentication with the home SLP entity, wherein the information associated with the authentication is to be used for an authentication between a visited SLP and the terminal,

wherein the information associated with the authentication with the home SLP entity includes an authentication key.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the authentication with the home SLP is performed when the home SLP entity operates in the non-proxy mode.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the authentication with the home SLP is performed by transmitting a SUPL AUTH REQ message to the home SLP entity, and

wherein the message including the information associated with the authentication is a SUPL AUTH RESP message, and the authentication between the visited SLP entity and the terminal is performed using the information associated with the authentication included in the SUPL AUTH RESP message.

4. A terminal for processing a SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) request, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a SUPL INIT message from a home SLP entity, the SUPL INIT message including a proxy/non-proxy indicator that indicates whether a home SLP entity uses a proxy mode or a non-proxy mode; and

a processor configured to cooperate with the transceiver and to check the proxy/non-proxy mode indicator to determine whether the home SLP operates in the proxy mode or the non-proxy mode,

the processor configured to selectively perform authentication with the home SLP entity based on the indicator indicating whether the home SLP entity operates in the proxy mode or the non-proxy mode, and to receive from the home SLP entity a message including information associated with the authentication with the home SLP entity, wherein the information associated with the authentication with the home SLP entity is to be used for an authentication between a visited SLP and the terminal,

wherein the information associated with the authentication with the home SLP entity includes an authentication key.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor performs the authentication with the home SLP entity when the home SLP entity operates in the non-proxy mode.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor performs the authentication with the home SLP entity by transmitting, via the transceiver, a SUPL AUTH REQ message to the home SLP entity, and

wherein the message including the information associated with the authentication is a SUPL AUTH RESP message, and the authentication between the visited SLP entity and the terminal is performed using the information associated with the authentication included in the SUPL AUTH RESP message.