System and method for managing emergency requests

摘要

A network component is provided. The network component including a component configured such that the network transmits a response message containing an indicator indicating that a first message is an emergency-related request, and such that the network receives a second message containing information associated with a user equipment (UE).

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a network component configured to: receive from a user equipment (“UE”) a Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) request message for a dialog that is an emergency-related request; update header information of the SIP request message for a dialog; forward the SIP request message for a dialog toward a Public Safety Answering Point (“PSAP”); send to the UE a SIP response message in response to the SIP request message, the SIP response message containing a P-Asserted-Identity header field with an indicator indicating that the SIP request message for a dialog, sent by the UE, is an emergency-related request, that the network component is part of a trust domain, and that the UE should include location information in a response to the SIP response message; and receive from the UE, in response to the SIP response message, a SIP request message within the dialog, the SIP request message within the dialog containing emergency-related information associated with the UE.