US 12,238,676 B2
Methods and apparatuses for location reporting
Gang Ren, Shanghai (CN); Nianshan Shi, Järfälla (SE); and Chaopeng Wang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,236.
Application 18/069,236 is a continuation of application No. 17/281,231, granted, now 11,540,247, previously published as PCT/CN2019/105433, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018109158 (WO), filed on Sep. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120457 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 64/003 (2013.01) [H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 11 Claims
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11. A base station comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory, the at least one memory containing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the base station to:
receive, from a mobility management node, a request for establishing a user equipment context as part of establishment of a connection between the mobility management node and a terminal device in an INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP REQUEST message, wherein the request is configured to request the base station to report location information of the terminal device by including an information element (IE) for requesting location reporting, in which the IE is a Location Reporting Request Type IE that indicates a type of the requested location reporting, and wherein the type of the requested location reporting is one of:
to report that the terminal device is moving into an area of interest;
to report that the terminal device is moving out of an area of interest; or
to report a location of the terminal device; and
reporting, according to the request, the location information of the terminal device to the mobility management node according to the indicated type.