METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION SERVICES VIA A HOME NODE B (HNB)

摘要

Techniques for supporting location services for a home Node B (HNB) and its user equipments (UEs) are disclosed. In an aspect, location services may be supported for a UE by having an HNB inter-work between user plane and control plane location solutions. In one design, the HNB receives a request for a location service for the UE and communicates (i) with a location server via the user plane location solution and (ii) with the UE via the control plane location solution to support the location service for the UE. The HNB inter-works between the user plane and control plane location solutions. In another aspect, a location server may be used to support assisted GNSS (A-GNSS) for HNBs and UEs. In one design, an HNB exchanges PCAP messages with the location server via an HNB GW and exchanges RRC messages with a UE to support a location service for the UE.

主权项

1. A method of supporting location services, comprising:
receiving a request for a location service for a user equipment (UE) by a home Node B (HNB); exchanging Positioning Calculation Application Part (PCAP) messages with a location server via an HNB Gateway (HNB GW) to support the location service for the UE, wherein the PCAP messages are transferred in messages of a first protocol between the HNB and the HNB GW and are transferred in messages of a second protocol between the HNB GW and the location server; and exchanging Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages with the UE to support the location service for the UE.