Interactive method for reporting location report by target user equipment in location service

• US 8,055,275 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2004
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Duan, Xiaoqin
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid; Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khan; Mehmood B
• Application Number:
  US10/554,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20070054675A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,703 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-466, 714746-749
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

Disclosed is an interactive method for reporting location reports by a target UE in an LCS. The method comprises: the target UE receiving a location request initiated by an applicant and reporting a location report to the LCS system after detecting the occurrence of an event triggering a location report; the LCS system returning to the target UE a location report acknowledgement after receiving the location report submitted by the target UE. Further, while submitting the location report to the LCS system, the target UE starting a timer designating a time period and judging whether it has received a location report acknowledgement returned by the LCS system within the designated time period, if yes, stopping the timer designating the time period; otherwise, reporting once again the location report to the LCS system and re-starting the timer designating the time period at the same time. In accordance with this method, errors in reporting location reports are reduced and the uncertainty in implementation of LCS is lowered.

Claims

1. An interactive method for reporting location reports by a target user equipment (UE) in a location service (LCS) system, the method comprising:

the target UE receiving a location request initiated by an applicant;

the target UE reporting a location report to a Core Network (CN) in the LCS system after having detected an occurrence of an event triggering the location report in a Deferred Location Request Procedure; and

the target UE receiving a location report acknowledgement in the Deferred Location Request Procedure from the CN after the CN receives the location report from the target UE, wherein the location report acknowledgement carries parameters comprising information of a processing result of the location report.

2. The interactive method for reporting location reports by a target UE in an LCS according to claim 1, wherein the target UE reporting the location report to the CN further comprises:

the target UE starting a timer designating a time period for receiving the location report acknowledgement from the CN upon reporting the location report to the LCS system.

3. The interactive method for reporting location reports by a target UE in an LCS according to claim 2, further comprising:

the target UE receiving the acknowledgement within the time period designated and stopping the timer.

4. An interactive method for reporting location reports by a target user equipment (UE) in a location service (LCS) system, the method comprising:

the target UE receiving a location request initiated by an applicant;

the target UE reporting a location report to a Core Network (CN) in the LCS system after having detected an occurrence of an event triggering the location report in a Deferred Location Request Procedure; and

the target UE reporting the location report to the CN again when failing to receive a location report acknowledgement comprising parameters indicating information of a processing result of the location report in the Deferred Location Request Procedure from the CN.

5. The interactive method according to claim 4, wherein the target UE reporting the location report to the CN further comprises:

the target UE starting a timer designating a time period for receiving the location report acknowledgement from the CN upon reporting the location report to the CN.

6. The interactive method according to claim 4, further comprising:

the target UE setting a flag indicating that sending of the location report is unsuccessful when failing to receive the location report acknowledgement.

7. The interactive method according to claim 6, the method further comprising:

when entering an area covered by another CN, the target UE sending the another location report to the another CN; and

the target UE clearing the flag when receiving an another location report acknowledgement according to the another location report returned by the another CN.

8. An interactive method for receiving location reports by a target user equipment (UE) in a location service (LCS) system, the method comprising:

a Core Network in the LCS system sending a location request initiated by an applicant to the target UE;

the CN receiving a location report from the target UE after the target UE having detected an occurrence of an event triggering the location report in a Deferred Location Request Procedure; and

the CN sending a location report acknowledgement to the target UE in the Deferred Location Request Procedure after receiving the location report from the target UE, wherein the location report acknowledgement comprises parameters indicating information of a processing result of the location report.