D-SLP service area detection using area ID

• US 9,572,124 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2013
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Wachter, Andreas Klaus
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US13/793,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20130344887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,436 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/085 involving different upper layer protocol versions, e.g. LCS - SUPL or WSN-SOA-WSDP

Abstract

A method for determining whether a terminal is located inside a discovered Secure User Plane Location Platform (D-SLP) service area is disclosed. The method may comprise identifying a discovered Secure User Plane Location Platform (D-SLP). A terminal may receive from a home Secure User Plane Location Platform (H-SLP) an authorization to use the D-SLP. Additionally, the terminal may receive from the H-SLP a list of Area IDs within a Secure User Plane Location Platform (SLP) service area comprises a first group of Area IDs within the SLP service area. The method may comprise comparing an ID associated with a network access point for the terminal, and the list of Area IDs to determine if the terminal is inside the D-SLP service area. The method may comprise making a D-SLP use determination based on the comparison.

Claims

1. A method for determining whether a terminal is located inside a discovered Secure User Plane Location Platform (D-SLP) service area, the method comprising:

identifying a D-SLP;

receiving, at the terminal, from a home Secure User Plane Location Platform (H-SLP) an authorization to use the D-SLP;

receiving, at the terminal from the H-SLP, a list of Area IDs within a Secure User Plane Location Platform (SLP) service area;

comparing an ID associated with a network access point for the terminal with the list of Area IDs;

in response to determining that the terminal is on a border of the D-SLP service area, determining a location of the terminal using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning; and

determining, using the determined location, that the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area or outside the border of the D-SLP service area;

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area, making a determination to use the D-SLP; and

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is outside the border of the D-SLP service area, making a determination to not use the D-SLP.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal includes a cell, sector, or access point ID that the terminal is active or idle on.

3. The method of claim 1,

further comprising:

making a determination to use the D-SLP, in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is included in a first group of Area IDs in the list of Area IDs.

4. The method of claim 3,

wherein the list of Area IDs further comprises a second group of Area IDs on the border of the D-SLP service area, and

wherein determining that the terminal is on the border of the D-SLP service area comprises determining that the ID associated with the network access point is included in the second group of Area IDs.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

making a determination to use the D-SLP based, at least in part, on the location of the terminal, as determined using the GNSS positioning, being inside the D-SLP service area.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

making a determination to not use the D-SLP, in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is not included in either the first group or the second group of Area IDs.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of Area IDs are received using a SUPL END message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a determination regarding whether position of the terminal is inside, outside, or on the border of the D-SLP service area is repeated until a predetermined trigger, wherein the predetermined trigger causes the terminal to stop using the D-SLP.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein if the predetermined trigger occurs, the terminal must receive a second authorization from the H-SLP for further access to the D-SLP.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined trigger is based, at least in part, on ending a service privilege of the terminal with the D-SLP.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the ending of the service privilege is based, at least in part, on an end of a time period, an end of a certain use of time, a threshold number of hours used, or a withdrawal of service message from the H-SLP.

12. A terminal comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to;

identify a discovered Secure User Plane Location Platform (D-SLP);

receive, at the terminal, from a home Secure User Plane Location Platform (H-SLP) an authorization to use the D-SLP;

receive at the terminal from the H-SLP, a list of Area IDs within a Secure User Plane Location Platform (SLP) service area;

compare an ID associated with a network access point for the terminal with the list of Area IDs;

in response to determining that the terminal is on a border of the D-SLP service area, determine a location of the terminal using GNSS positioning; and

determine, using the determined location, that the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area or outside the border of the D-SLP service area;

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area, make a determination to use the D-SLP; and

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is outside the border of the D-SLP service area, make a determination to not use the D-SLP.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal includes a cell, sector, or access point ID that the terminal is active or idle on.

14. The terminal of claim 12, further comprising computer-instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to:

make a determination to use the D-SLP, in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is included in a first group of Area IDs in the list of Area IDs.

15. The terminal of claim 14,

wherein the list of Area IDs further comprises a second group of Area IDs on the border of the D-SLP service area, and

wherein determining that the terminal is on the border of the D-SLP service area comprises determining that the ID associated with the network access point is included in the second group of Area IDs.

16. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to:

make a determination to use the D-SLP based, at least in part, on the location of the terminal, as determined by the GNSS positioning, being inside the D-SLP service area.

17. The terminal of claim 15, further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the terminal to:

make a determination to not use the D-SLP, in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is not included in either the first group or the second group of Area IDs.

18. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the list of Area IDs are received using a SUPL END message.

19. The terminal of claim 12, wherein a determination regarding whether the position of the terminal is inside, outside, or on the border of the D-SLP service area is repeated until a predetermined trigger, wherein the predetermined trigger causes the terminal to stop using the D-SLP.

20. The terminal of claim 19, wherein if the predetermined trigger occurs, the terminal must receive a second authorization from the H-SLP for further access to the D-SLP.

21. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the predetermined trigger is based, at least in part, on ending a service privilege of the terminal with the D-SLP.

22. The terminal of claim 21, wherein the ending of the service privilege is based, at least in part, on an end of a time period, an end of a certain use of time, a threshold number of hours used, or a withdrawal of service message from the H-SLP.

23. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions for determining whether a terminal is located inside a discovered Secure User Plane Location Platform (D-SLP) service area that, when executed, cause one or more computing devices included in the terminal to:

identify a D-SLP;

receive, at the terminal, from a home Secure User Plane Location Platform (H-SLP) an authorization to use the D-SLP;

receive at the terminal from the H-SLP, a list of Area IDs within a Secure User Plane Location Platform (SLP) service area;

compare an ID associated with a network access point for the terminal with the list of Area IDs;

in response to determining that the terminal is on a border of the D-SLP service area, determine a location of the terminal using GNSS positioning; and

determine, using the determined location, that the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area or outside the border of the D-SLP service area;

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area, make a determination to use the D-SLP; and

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is outside the border of the D-SLP service area, make a determination to not use the D-SLP.

24. An apparatus for determining whether a terminal is located inside a discovered Secure User Plane Location Platform (D-SLP) service area, the apparatus comprising:

means for identifying a D-SLP;

means for receiving, at the terminal, from a home Secure User Plane Location Platform (H-SLP) an authorization to use the D-SLP;

means for receiving at the terminal from the H-SLP, a list of Area IDs within a Secure User Plane Location Platform (SLP) service area;

means for comparing an ID associated with a network access point for the terminal with the list of Area IDs;

in response to determining that the terminal is on a border of the D-SLP service area, determining a location of the terminal using GNSS positioning; and

determining, using the determined location, that the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area or outside the border of the D-SLP service area;

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is inside the border of the D-SLP service area, making a determination to use the D-SLP; and

in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is outside the border of the D-SLP service area, making a determination to not use the D-SLP.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal includes a cell, sector, or access point ID that the terminal is active or idle on.

26. The apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

means for making a determination to use the D-SLP, in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is included in a first group of Area IDs in the list of Area IDs.

27. The apparatus of claim 26,

wherein the list of Area IDs further comprises a second group of Area IDs on the border of the D-SLP service area, and

wherein determining that the terminal is on the border of the D-SLP service area comprises determining that the ID associated with the network access point is included in the second group of Area IDs.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

means for making a determination to use the D-SLP based, at least in part, on the location of the terminal, as determined using the GNSS positioning, being inside the D-SLP service area.

29. The apparatus of claim 27, further comprising:

means for making a determination is to not use the D-SLP, in response to determining that the ID associated with the network access point for the terminal is not included in either the first group or the second group of Area IDs.

30. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the list of Area IDs are received using a SUPL END message.

31. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein a determination regarding whether position of the terminal is inside, outside, or on the border of the D-SLP service area is repeated until a predetermined trigger, wherein the predetermined trigger causes the terminal to stop using the D-SLP.

32. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein if the predetermined trigger occurs, the terminal must receive a second authorization from the H-SLP for further access to the D-SLP.

33. The apparatus of claim 31, wherein the predetermined trigger is based, at least in part, on ending a service privilege of the terminal with the D-SLP.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the ending of the service privilege is based, at least in part, on an end of a time period, an end of a certain use of time, a threshold number of hours used, or a withdrawal of service message from the H-SLP.