Method and device for synchronizing location trigger information

• US 8,326,325 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2009
• Issued: 12/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2007
• 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: Ge, Zhengkai
• Primary Examiner(s): Edouard, Patrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wyche, Myron K
• Application Number:
  US12/420,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20090191896A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,335 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method for synchronizing location trigger information, a location device, and a Secure User-Plane Location (SUPL)-Enabled Terminal (SET) includes: receiving a request for synchronizing location trigger information from a location User Equipment (UE), where the request carries the user identifier information of the user; from the correspondingly stored user identifier information and location trigger information, obtaining the location trigger information corresponding to the user identifier information of the location user; and generating a response message that carries the obtained location trigger information and sending the response message to the location UE.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing location trigger information, comprising:

receiving, by a Home-Gateway Mobile Location Center (H-GMLC) on a network side, a request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information from a location User Equipment (UE), wherein the request carries user identifier information of a location user, and the deferred location trigger information comprises area change event and area information;

obtaining, by the H-GMLC, the deferred location trigger information corresponding to the user identifier information of the location user from correspondingly stored user identifier information and deferred location trigger information; and

generating, by the H-GMLC, a response message that carries the obtained deferred location trigger information, and sending the response message to the location UE.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information is sent by the location user through a Radio Access Network (RAN) to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), and forwarded by the MSC to the H-GMLC; and

the response message is sent by the H-GMLC to the MSC, and forwarded by the MSC through the RAN to the location user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information and the response message exchanged between the H-GMLC and the MSC are forwarded by a Visitor-Gateway Mobile Location Center (V-GMLC) of the location user.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

sending, by the location user, a Location Service (LCS) request to the MSC through the RAN;

obtaining, by the MSC, LCS attributes from the location user, authenticating the location user according to the LCS attributes, and returning an authentication result to the location user through the RAN; and

sending, by the location user, the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information after confirming success of the authentication.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information is sent by the location user through a Radio Access Network (RAN) to a Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (SGSN), and forwarded by the SGSN to the H-GMLC; and

the response message is sent by the H-GMLC to the SGSN, and forwarded by the SGSN through the RAN to the location user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information and the response message exchanged between the H-GMLC and the SGSN are forwarded by a Visitor-Gateway Mobile Location Center (V-GMLC) of the location user.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

sending, by the location user, a Location Service (LCS) request to the SGSN through the RAN;

obtaining, by the SGSN, LCS attributes of the location user from a Home Location Register (HLR)/Home Subscriber Server (HSS), authenticating the location user according to the LCS attributes, and returning an authentication result to the location user through the RAN; and

sending, by the location user, the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information after confirming success of the authentication.

8. A location device, comprising:

a first storing unit, configured to store user identifier information and deferred location trigger information of a location user, wherein the user identifier information corresponds to the deferred location trigger information, and the deferred location trigger information comprises area change event and area information;

a first communicating unit, configured to receive a request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information from the location user, wherein the request carries the user identifier information of the location user; and

a first synchronizing unit, configured to;

respond to the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information received by the first communicating unit, obtain the deferred location trigger information corresponding to the user identifier information of the location user from the first storing unit, generate a response message that carries the obtained deferred location trigger information, and send the response message to the location user through the first communicating unit;

wherein the location device is a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (SLP) or a Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC).

9. A Secure User-Plane Location (SUPL)-Enabled Terminal (SET), comprising a first communicating unit and a second communicating unit, and further comprising:

a first synchronizing unit and a second synchronizing unit, the second synchronizing unit configured to;

generate a request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information, send the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information through the second communicating unit, and receive the returned deferred location trigger information through the second communicating unit; and

a first storing unit and a second storing unit, the second storing unit configured to store the deferred location trigger information received by the second synchronizing unit;

wherein the SET comprises at least one of;

a periodical monitoring unit, configured to;

send a first trigger signal to the second synchronizing unit periodically, and trigger the second synchronizing unit to generate and send the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information;

a user identifier information managing unit, configured to;

manage the bound user identifier information; and

, upon detecting change of the bound user identifier information,;

send a second trigger signal to the second synchronizing unit to trigger the second synchronizing unit to generate and send the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information; and

a location trigger information managing unit, configured to;

manage the second storing unit; and

, upon detecting loss of the deferred location trigger information stored in the second storing unit,;

send a third trigger signal to the second synchronizing unit to trigger the second synchronizing unit to generate and send the request for synchronizing deferred location trigger information.