Method for the determination of a receiver for location information

• US 9,380,554 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2014
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: De Luca, Enrico, Lala, Alessandro, Israelsson, Martin, Molander, Anders, Iovieno, Maurizio, Kormos, Arpad
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Khoi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Peche, Jorge
• Application Number:
  US14/315,020
• Publication Number:
  US 20140308975A1
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• Field of Search: 701/400, 701/408, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/456.5, 455/414.1, 455/433, 455/502, 370/328
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/10 between location register and external networks

Abstract

The invention relates to a radio network controller (RNC) for receiving a LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message and analyzing a value of a request type information element received in the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message. The RNC directly determines requested location information for a user equipment (UE) if the request information element indicates sending location information as a direct response to the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message or the RNC determines the requested location information if the UE changes the service area if the request information element indicates sending location information at a change of service area by the UE. The RNC then sends a LOCATION_REPORT message comprising the location information and the request type information element to at least one control node.

Claims

1. A radio network controller (RNC) in a mobile telecommunication network operating according to Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) specification, the telecommunication network comprising at least one control node for handling location service requests for a user equipment, the RNC comprising:

receiving circuitry, adapted to receive from the at least one control node a LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, comprising a request type information element for indicating the type of location request; and

at least one processor, adapted to analyze a value of the request type information element received in the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, wherein

if the request type information element indicates sending location information as a direct response to the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, the at least one processor causes the RNC to directly determine the requested location information; and

if the request type information element indicates sending location information at a change of service area by the user equipment, the at least one processor causes the RNC to determine the requested location information if the user equipment changes the service area; and

sending circuitry, adapted to send a LOCATION_REPORT message comprising the location information and the request type information element to the at least one control node for handling location service requests.

2. The RNC according to claim 1, wherein the request type information element is one of:

a recipient of a location information;

identity of a type of location request;

an indication to send a LOCATION_REPORT message;

an indication to report upon change of Service area;

or

an indication to stop reporting at change of Service Area.

3. The RNC according to claim 1, wherein the request type information element sent in the LOCATION_REPORT message always comprises an identification of the type of location request.

4. The RNC according to claim 1, wherein the request type information element sent in the LOCATION_REPORT message comprises an identification of the type of location request in the case that the location information is intended for a network node.

5. The RNC according to claim 1, wherein the control node is a mobile services switching center.

6. The RNC according to claim 1, wherein the control node is a serving general packet radio service support node.

7. A radio network controller (RNC) in a mobile telecommunication network operating according to Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) specification, the telecommunication network comprising at least one control node for handling location service requests for a user equipment, the RNC comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the RNC to;

receive from the at least one control node a LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, comprising a request type information element for indicating the type of location request; and

analyze a value of the request type information element received in the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, wherein

if the request type information element indicates sending location information as a direct response to the LOCATION_REPORTING_CONTROL message, the RNC directly determines the requested location information; and

if the request type information element indicates sending location information at a change of service area by the user equipment, the RNC determines the requested location information if the user equipment changes the service area; and

send a LOCATION_REPORT message comprising the location information and the request type information element to the at least one control node for handling location service requests.

8. The RNC of claim 7, wherein the request type information element is one of:

a recipient of a location information;

identity of a type of location request;

an indication to send a LOCATION_REPORT message;

an indication to report upon change of Service area;

or

an indication to stop reporting at change of Service Area.

9. The RNC according to claim 7, wherein the request type information element sent in the LOCATION_REPORT message always comprises an identification of the type of location request.

10. The RNC according to claim 7, wherein the request type information element sent in the LOCATION_REPORT message comprises an identification of the type of location request in the case that the location information is intended for a network node.

11. The RNC according to claim 7, wherein the control node is a mobile services switching center.

12. The RNC according to claim 7, wherein the control node is a serving general packet radio service support node.