US 12,189,045 B2
UE location tracking in an inactive state
Mikko Säily, Laukkoski (FI); Elena Virtej, Espoo (FI); and Diomidis Michalopoulos, Munich (DE)
Assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/636,391
Filed by NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/072162
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032280, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0299589 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G01S 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/20 (2018.01)
CPC G01S 5/0027 (2013.01) [G01S 5/0036 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/20 (2018.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a network entity, at least one positioning measurement configuration to a user equipment configured to transition the user equipment to an inactive state;
receiving, by the network entity, at least one location message; and
transmitting, by the network entity, at least one location message response, wherein the at least one location message response comprises:
at least one last known location of the user equipment transmitted to a location management entity, or
at least one last location-associated measurement by the user equipment transmitted to the location management entity,
wherein:
the at least one location message comprises at least one early data transmission comprising at least one location and measurement received from the user equipment operating in RRC INACTIVE, and
the at least one location message response comprises the at least one early data transmission transmitted to the location management entity,
wherein:
the at least one location message comprises at least one RRC RESUME REQUEST from the user equipment, and
the at least one location message response comprises the at least one RRC RESUME to the user equipment, the method further comprising:
receiving, by the network entity, at least one RRC RESUME COMPLETE from the user equipment; and
receiving, by the network entity, at least one RRC location data from the user equipment,
wherein the at least one positioning measurement configuration comprises at least one radio access technology-dependent configuration and at least one radio access technology-independent positioning measurement configuration.