Method for providing location service for roaming terminal

摘要

A method for providing a location service for a roaming terminal includes: receiving a start message for starting a location service from a terminal in a situation in which a session for the location service is ongoing; transmitting, by the terminal, a roaming location service start message including an indication parameter for requesting information required for an intended location measurement method and the start message to a server of a network the terminal is visiting; receiving a roaming location service start response message including a start response message and the requested information from the server; and transferring the start response message in the received location service start response message to the terminal.

主权项

1. A method for providing a roaming location service for a terminal by a device, the method comprising:
receiving, from the terminal by the device, a start message for starting the roaming location service while a session for a non-roaming location service for the terminal is ongoing; transmitting, from the device to a server of a network the terminal is visiting, a roaming location service start message, the roaming location service start message including an indication parameter for requesting information used to identify a location measurement method to be used by the server for the roaming location service and the start message received from the terminal; receiving, by the device from the server of the network the terminal is visiting, a roaming location service start response message including a start response message and the requested information used to identify the location measurement method to be used by the server for the roaming location service; and transferring, by the device to the terminal, the start response message and the requested information used to identify the location measurement method used by the server for the roaming location service, wherein the indication parameter indicates whether: only geographical area information is required of the roaming location service by the device, only an area ID is required of the server of the roaming location service by the device, or both the geographical area information and the area ID are required of the roaming location service by the device.