Patent ID: 8380223

Claim:
A method of processing requests by a stand-alone serving mobile location center (SAS), shared by a plurality of radio access networks in a wireless network, for determining locations of mobile devices within the wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a positioning request message for a mobile device from a first radio network controller (RNC) in a first radio access network of the plurality of radio access networks, the positioning request message including an RNC identifier corresponding to the first RNC and a cell identifier corresponding to a serving network node communicating with the mobile device; retrieving an originating point code (OPC) corresponding to the first RNC and associated with the positioning request message, the OPC being unique to the first RNC among the plurality of radio access networks; determining a mobile country code (MCC) and a mobile network code (MNC) corresponding to the first radio access network based on the retrieved OPC; and identifying a serving network node communicating with the mobile device using the cell identifier and the determined MCC and MNC.