Patent ID: 9491685
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a wireless device, a secure user plane location (SUPL) initiation message generated by a particular SUPL location platform (SLP) of a plurality of SLPs, wherein the SUPL initiation message includes a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the plurality of SLPs and a network address of the particular SLP; augmenting, at the wireless device, the FQDN to include a unique identifier associated with the particular SLP: querying, at the wireless device, a domain name system (DNS) for a resolution to the augmented FQDN; receiving, at the wireless device, a list of network addresses from the DNS, wherein the list of network addresses includes network addresses for each of the plurality of SLPs; matching the augmented FQDN associated with the particular SLP with a network address in the list of network addresses to determine a matched network address; and establishing, by the wireless device, a connection with a network node assigned the matched network address.