Method of handling location service and related communication device

• US 9,055,548 B2
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Chih-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US14/166,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20140135005A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.5, 455/435.1, 455/456.6, 370/352
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0066 of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network
• 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 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A method of handling location service for a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting a message including positioning support information of the network via a first RAT to a mobile device in the wireless communication system, for informing the mobile device whether positioning is supported in the first RAT, wherein the positioning support information indicates whether positioning is supported in the first RAT.

Claims

1. A method of handling location service for a network in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a message including positioning support information of the network via a first RAT to a mobile device in the wireless communication system, for informing the mobile device whether positioning is supported in the first RAT, wherein the positioning support information indicates whether positioning is supported in the first RAT; and

receiving a first request message for a location service, from the mobile device in the first RAT, in response to the transmitted message including the positioning support information indicating that positioning is supported in the first RAT.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message including the positioning support information of the network is an RRC message or an NAS message.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the RRC message is a broadcast control channel (BCCH) message or a dedicated message.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the NAS message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message, a location area update (LAU) ACCEPT message, a routing area update (RAU) ACCEPT message or a tracking area update (TAU) ACCEPT message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second request message for the location service, from the mobile device in a second RAT, in response to the transmitted message including the positioning support information indicates that positioning is not supported in the first RAT.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

initiating a Circuit-Switched (CS) fallback procedure when the network receives the second request message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).

8. A communication device for handling location service, utilized in a network in a wireless communication system, the communication device comprising:

a computer readable recording medium for storing program code corresponding to a process; and

a processor coupled to the computer readable recording medium, for processing the program code to execute the process, wherein the process comprises;

transmitting a message including positioning support information of the network via a first RAT to a mobile device in the wireless communication system, for informing the mobile device whether positioning is supported in the first RAT, wherein the positioning support information indicates whether positioning is supported in the first RAT; and

receiving a first request message for a location service, from the mobile device in the first RAT, in response to the transmitted message including the positioning support information indicating that positioning is supported in the first RAT.

9. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the message including the positioning support information of the network is an RRC message or an NAS message.

10. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the RRC message is a broadcast control channel (BCCH) message or a dedicated message.

11. The communication device of claim 9, wherein the NAS message is an ATTACH ACCEPT message, a location area update (LAU) ACCEPT message, a routing area update (RAU) ACCEPT message or a tracking area update (TAU) ACCEPT message.

12. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the receiving a second request message for the location service, from the mobile device in a second RAT, in response to the transmitted message including the positioning support information indicates that positioning is not supported in the first RAT.

13. The communication device of claim 12, wherein the process further comprises:

initiating a Circuit-Switched (CS) fallback procedure when the network receives the second request message.

14. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the first RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).