Patent ID: 9560624
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of supporting location of a Home evolved Node B (HeNB), comprising: establishing a location session between the HeNB and a location server based on an embedded User Equipment (UE) identity (ID) assigned to the HeNB, the embedded UE ID being recognized by the location server as being assigned to the HeNB instead of a UE; communicating, from the HeNB to the location server, measurements made by the HeNB in accordance with a positioning method included in a message previously communicated to the HeNB by the location server; performing at least one location transaction for the HeNB during the location session, including determining the location of the HeNB using the measurements made by the HeNB; and performing an attach procedure with the embedded UE ID to attach the HeNB to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the HeNB appearing as a UE to the MME.