Location reporting with secure user plane location (SUPL)

• US 8,874,134 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2012
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Wachter, Andreas, Edge, Stephen William, Burroughs, Kirk Allan
• Primary Examiner(s): Issing, Gregory C
• Application Number:
  US13/673,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210451A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/16 selectively restricting mobility data tracking

Abstract

Techniques for supporting periodic and other location services with Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) and other location architectures are described. The techniques can provide position estimates for a SUPL enabled terminal (SET) to a SUPL agent periodically and/or based on trigger events. A Home SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) receives from the SUPL agent a request for position estimates for the SET. The H-SLP starts a SUPL location session with the SET. For each of at least one reporting event during the location session, the H-SLP obtains a position estimate for the SET and sends the position estimate to the SUPL agent. The position estimate may be derived by the SET and sent to the H-SLP. Alternatively, the position estimate may be derived by the H-SLP based on measurements from the SET.

Claims

1. A method of supporting location services, comprising:

receiving, at a terminal, at least one Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger event being related to a velocity or acceleration of the terminal changing by a predetermined threshold;

obtaining at least one location related measurement for the terminal;

determining, at the terminal, whether the trigger event has occurred when a change in the velocity or the acceleration of the terminal exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

transmitting, by the terminal, the at least one location related measurement when the trigger event has occurred.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the trigger event has occurred based on the velocity of the terminal.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the change in the velocity of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the trigger event has occurred based on the acceleration of the terminal.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the change in the acceleration of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

6. An apparatus for supporting location services, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving, at a terminal, at least one Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger event being related to a velocity or acceleration of the terminal changing by a predetermined threshold;

means for obtaining at least one location related measurement for the terminal;

means for determining, at the terminal, whether the trigger event has occurred when a change in the velocity or the acceleration of the terminal exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

means for transmitting, by the terminal, the at least one location related measurement when the trigger event has occurred.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred based on the velocity of the terminal.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises means for determining whether the change in the velocity of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred based on the acceleration of the terminal.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the means for determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises means for determining whether a change in the acceleration of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

11. A tangible computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for supporting location services at a terminal, comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:

receive, at the terminal, at least one Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger event being related to a velocity or acceleration of the terminal changing by a predetermined threshold;

obtain at least one location related measurement for the terminal;

determine, at the terminal, whether the trigger event has occurred when a change in the velocity or the acceleration of the terminal exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

transmit, by the terminal, the at least one location related measurement when the trigger event has occurred.

12. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the trigger event has occurred based on the velocity of the terminal.

13. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the change in the velocity of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

14. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the trigger event has occurred based on the acceleration of the terminal.

15. The tangible computer-readable medium of claim 14 wherein determining whether the trigger event has occurred comprises determining whether the change in the acceleration of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

16. An apparatus for supporting location services at a mobile wireless terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive, at the mobile wireless terminal, at least one Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) trigger parameter associated with a trigger event, the trigger event being related to a velocity or acceleration of the terminal changing by a predetermined threshold; and

obtain at least one location related measurement for the mobile wireless terminal;

determine, at the mobile wireless terminal, whether the trigger event has occurred when a change in the velocity or the acceleration of for the mobile wireless terminal exceeds the predetermined threshold; and

transmit, by the mobile wireless terminal, the at least one location related measurement when the trigger event has occurred.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor being configured to determine whether the trigger event has occurred is further configured to determine whether the trigger event has occurred based on the velocity of the mobile wireless terminal.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the processor being configured to determine whether the trigger event has occurred is further configured to determine whether the change in the velocity of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the processor being configured to determine whether the trigger event has occurred is further configured to determine whether the trigger event has occurred based on the acceleration of the terminal.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the processor being configured to determine whether the trigger event has occurred is further configured to determine whether the change in the acceleration of the terminal has exceeded the predetermined threshold.