US 12,267,803 B2
Messages relating to location services
Ritesh Shreevastav, Upplands Väsby (SE); Åke Busin, Sollentuna (SE); and Qian Chen, Mölndal (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/776,283
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Oct. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050974
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/096405, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,710, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0394655 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 64/00 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a wireless device for sending a message relating to location services, the method comprising:
sending a request to establish a user plane connection with a location management function to a first network node comprising an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF);
establishing the user plane connection with the location management function;
sending a message relating to location services to the location management function using the user plane connection, the sending including sending the message via a first reference point between a User Plane Function (UPF) and a Session Management Function (SMF) and via a second reference point between the SMF and the location management function; and
after sending the message to the location management function, terminating the user plane connection to the location management function, and establishing a new user plane connection with the location management function.