Method for the obtaining of position information for a user initiating an emergency call in a communication system

摘要

The invention relates to a system and a method. In the method publication of presence information associated with a user is received by a presence server, the presence information comprises a human-readable address for the user. A request for establishing an emergency session from the user is received to a session processing server, which routes the emergency session to a public safety answering point node. In response to receiving the emergency session, the public safety answering point node sends a subscription for at least part of the presence information to the presence server, the at least part of the presence information comprising the human-readable address for the user. The presence server provides in response the at least part of the presence information to the public safety answering point node.