Patent ID: 8731515

Claim:
A method, comprising: establishing an emergency call between a user's mobile equipment located within a radio coverage area of a serving cell and one of at least two answering points that are associated with the serving cell for emergency call handling, wherein the at least two answering points each have a service zone within the radio coverage area and the user's mobile equipment is located in only one of the two answering points' service zones, the establishing comprising: receiving an emergency call request; sending a request to a location positioning system, wherein the request indicates a first requested level of accuracy for position information of the user's mobile equipment that is sufficient to specify a particular answering point of the at least two answering points in which the user's mobile equipment is located; determining a first estimate of a position of the user's mobile equipment within the radio coverage area based on the first requested level of accuracy; delaying the call establishment of the emergency call; upon receiving the first estimate at a control point, translating the position in the first estimate to a destination address, wherein the destination address specifies the particular answering point; selecting the particular answering point as a destination for the emergency call; extending the call establishment, which was delayed, to the selected answering point to resume emergency call establishment handling, wherein the emergency call is extended after the first estimate is determined; querying a second position estimate by sending a second request to the location positioning system, wherein the second request indicates a second requested level of accuracy for position information of the user's mobile equipment and wherein the second requested level of accuracy is greater than the first requested level of accuracy; and sending the second position estimate to the selected answering point before releasing the emergency call.