Patent ID: 9549289
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of providing location services, comprising: receiving a request from a first entity for periodic reporting of location of a user equipment (UE) to a second entity; forwarding the request to the UE if the first entity is not the UE and forwarding the request to the second entity if the first entity is the UE and the second entity is not the UE; receiving a periodic request from the UE to initiate periodic reporting of the location of the UE to the second entity wherein the periodic request includes periodic location information indicative of when to send location estimates for the UE to the second entity; forwarding the periodic request to a radio access network (RAN) to initiate periodic reporting of location of the user equipment (UE) to the second entity, wherein the RAN coordinates and controls the periodic reporting of the location of the UE to the second entity; and for each location reporting indicated by the periodic location information,