Patent ID: 7917138
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) request for a terminal that has performed roaming, the method comprising: receiving, by the terminal, a SUPL INIT message from a home SLP entity, the SUPL INIT message including a proxy/non-proxy mode indicator that indicates whether the home SLP entity uses a proxy mode or a non-proxy mode; checking, by the terminal, the proxy/non-proxy mode indicator to determine whether a predetermined message should be transmitted to the home SLP entity, wherein the predetermined message is a SUPL AUTH request which is used to perform authentication between a visited SLP entity and the terminal; and transmitting, by the terminal, the SUPL AUTH request to the home SLP entity when the proxy/non-proxy mode indicator indicates that the home SLP entity is in the non-proxy mode according to a result of the checking step.