Patent ID: 7778648
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for handling a Deferred Location Request, comprising: initiating, by a Location Service (LCS) Client, a Deferred Location Request for a target User Equipment (UE) to a Requesting-Gateway Mobile Location Center (R-GMLC); forwarding, by the R-GMLC, the Deferred Location Request to a Home-GMLC (H-GMLC); assigning, by the H-GMLC, a Reference Number for the Deferred Location Request, and sending the Deferred Location Request to a Core Network (CN) via a Visited-GMLC (V-GMLC); submitting, by the CN, a target UE location report and the Reference Number to the H-GMLC via the V-GMLC when a deferred event occurs; returning, by the H-GMLC, the target UE location report to the LCS Client via the R-GMLC.