Method of supporting location services in a mobile radio communications system
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1. A mobile station comprising:
- a receiver to receive a measure position request from a serving mobile location center mobile radio communications network element, the request containing an information element indicating that one of a mobile station based position measurement method and a mobile station assisted position measurement method is to be used by the mobile station to determine a position of the mobile station,wherein said mobile station is configured to support both conventional GPS position measurement and assisted GPS based position measurement, said mobile station further configured to use the conventional GPS based position measurement in response to said measure position request ifsaid information element indicates a mobile station based position measurement method,said measure position request does not contain assistance data, andsaid mobile station has not been provided with additional assistance data after a predetermined number of requests by the mobile station for additional assistance data.
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Abstract
A method for supporting location services in a mobile radio communications system, in which method a mobile station receives from at least one network element involved in location services, for the implementation of a position measurement procedure, at least one information element indicating if the method type required for that position measurement procedure is a “Conventional GPS” method type where the mobile station behaves as a conventional satellite positioning system receiver.
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1. A mobile station comprising:
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a receiver to receive a measure position request from a serving mobile location center mobile radio communications network element, the request containing an information element indicating that one of a mobile station based position measurement method and a mobile station assisted position measurement method is to be used by the mobile station to determine a position of the mobile station, wherein said mobile station is configured to support both conventional GPS position measurement and assisted GPS based position measurement, said mobile station further configured to use the conventional GPS based position measurement in response to said measure position request if said information element indicates a mobile station based position measurement method, said measure position request does not contain assistance data, and said mobile station has not been provided with additional assistance data after a predetermined number of requests by the mobile station for additional assistance data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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