Patent ID: 7215941

Claim:
A method for transmitting a current position of a mobile telecommunications device in an emergency call from the mobile telecommunications device to a location service client, the method comprising the steps of: sending a Radio Resource Control connection request message from the mobile telecommunications device to a serving radio network controller of a mobile telecommunications network for requesting setup of a Radio Resource Control connection, the Radio Resource Control connection request containing information indicating that the request concerns an emergency call; returning an acknowledgement of the Radio Resource Control connection request by transmitting a Radio Resource Control connection setup message from the serving radio network controller to the telecommunications device following successful detection of the Radio Resource Control connection request message at the serving radio network controller; confirming, via the telecommunications device, an established Radio Resource Control connection to the serving radio network controller by sending an Radio Resource Control setup connection setup complete message with the Radio Resource Control connection setup complete message including the current position of the mobile telecommunications device determined by the respective mobile telecommunications device; and directly relaying the current position of the mobile communications device from the serving radio network controller to the location service client.