7. Restconn - Lisbon 2015
Location Based Services methods in Cellular Networks…
Retrieve radio access entities Identifiers from the HLR
(Cell/Location Area IDs)
Trigger procedures at the Radio Access Network for
location estimate in Universal Coordinates, e.g.:
Observed/Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (O/UTDOA)
Enhanced Observed Time Difference (E-OTD)
Timing Advance (TA)
Angle of Arrival (AoA)
9. Restconn
Lisbon 2015
Location
Management
and
Geographic
areas of a
legacy mobile
(GSM)
Network
BTS coverage area.
Each cell/sector has a
unique Global Cell
Identifier (GCI),
periodically updated at
the HLR via a MAP UL
between MSC/VLR and
HLR
Group of Location Areas
managed by a single
MSC/VLR
MNO’s
Radio Access Network
Area
Location Area (LA):
Managed by one or
more BSCs.
Each LA has its own
identifier (LAI)
MAP UL
10. Restconn - Lisbon 2015
Location Services architecture in legacy mobile networks: GSM/EDGE
11. Restconn - Lisbon 2015
Location Services architecture in legacy mobile networks: UMTS/WCDMA/HSPA+