Patent ID: 9374662
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a network node, the method comprising: receiving a positioning-related request from a requesting node or an application; selecting a Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, and a positioning node of the selected PLMN in response to the positioning-related request; sending a positioning message to the selected positioning node, wherein the positioning message indicates to the selected positioning node that it is the only positioning node chosen for fulfilling the positioning-related request; and receiving a positioning response message from the selected positioning node, wherein the positioning-related request includes any combination of a location request and a positioning data request, wherein the location request is a request for a location of a Location Services, LCS, target, and wherein the positioning data request is a request for data that may be used to determine the location of the LCS target.