Patent ID: 8812016
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing position information of a User Equipment (UE) to a core network in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising: in response to a request for positioning information for the UE, generating a temporary session identifier; generating a request to initiate a positioning session with the temporary session identifier associated with the positioning session; communicating the request to initiate the positioning session including the temporary session identifier to a core network element associated with the core network; receiving a message with a permanent session identifier and the temporary session identifier from the core network element in response to the request to initiate the positioning session, wherein the permanent session identifier is a unique session identifier allocated by the core network element for the positioning session with the UE; and reporting transaction data to a positioning server of the core network using the permanent session identifier during the positioning session via a radio network.