LTE68 Support of Cell Based Location Service
LTE68 Support of Cell Based Location Service
LTE68 Support of Cell Based Location Service
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ECGI (E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier) of the cell serving the concerned UE. ECGI globally
identifies a cell. It is composed from the PLMN identity the cell belongs to and the Cell
identity of the cell.
TAI (Tracking Area Identity) of the tracking area the serving cell of the concerned UE
belongs to. TAI globally identifies a tracking area. It is composed from the PLMN identity
the tracking area belongs to and the tracking area code of the tracking area.
The MME can either request a single report or recurring reports upon cell change. The latter
comprises reports in case of intra-eNB handover and inter-eNB handover (X2 and
S1handover). The reporting is UE specific.
1.1 Benefits
The location information can used by various location dependant applications, which affects
the end user as well as the operator.
End-user benefits
This feature benefits the end user as follows
Emergency calls: When the end-user initiates an emergency call, he can be located.
Location based billing
Operator benefits
This feature benefits the operator as follows:
Emergency calls: When the end-user initiates an emergency call, he can be located
Functional overview
For this feature different scenarios must be considered:
direct eNB location reporting: The MME requests direct location reporting (single location
report) from the eNB for a specific UE. The eNB immediately provides the report for the
concerned UE back to the MME.
eNB location reporting upon cell change: The MME requests location reporting upon cell
change from the eNB for a specific UE. The eNB immediately provides a report for the
concerned UE back to the MME after having received the request. Furthermore the eNB
provides a report for the concerned UE upon cell change, i.e. after successful intra-eNB
handover or X2 respective S1 handover. To stop the location reporting a stop-request
from the MME must be executed.
This feature must be activated by setting the parameter actLocRep to true. If the
parameter actLocRep is set to false, this feature is deactivated.
In the following message sequence charts for different situation are shown:
Step 1: The MME requests a direct report of cell related information from the eNB serving
the concerned UE by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL message with IE
Request type set to ‘direct’.
Step 2: The eNB immediately provides the information of the serving cell to the MME by
means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message.
Figure 2: Location reporting upon cell change due to inter-eNB hand over
Step 1: The MME requests a report of cell related information upon cell change from the
eNB serving the concerned UE by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL
message with IE Request Type set to ‘change of service cell’.
Step 2: The eNB immediately provides the information of the serving cell to the MME by
means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message. This immediate report of the current
serving cell information can also be regarded as conformation on MME side that the eNB has
accepted the request for reporting of cell change.
Step 3: After inter-eNB hand over the eNB provides the information of the new serving cell
towards the MME by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message.
Step 1: The MME requests a report of cell related information upon cell change from the
eNB serving the concerned UE by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL
message with IE Request Type set to ‘change of service cell’
Step 2: The eNB immediately provides the information of the serving cell to the MME by
means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message. This immediate report of the current
serving cell information can also be regarded as conformation on MME side that the eNB has
accepted the request for reporting of cell change.
Step 3: During X2 handover the source eNB sends the X2AP: HANDOVER REQUEST message
with IE Location Reporting Information set to ‘change of service cell’ to the target eNB in
order to inform the target eNB on the ordered location reporting upon cell change.
Step 4: After X2 handover the target eNB provides the information of the new serving cell
towards the MME by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message.
Step 1: The MME requests a report of cell related information upon cell change from the
eNB serving the concerned UE by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL
message with IE Request Type set to ‘change of service cell.
Step 2: The eNB immediately provides the information of the serving cell to the MME by
means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message. This immediate report of the current
serving cell information can also be regarded as conformation on MME side that the eNB has
accepted the request for reporting of cell change.
Step 3: During S1 handover the source eNB sends the S1AP: HANDOVER REQUIRED message
to the MME. The S1AP: HANDOVER REQUIRED message does not include location reporting
related parameters.
Step 4: The MME sends the S1AP: HANDOVER REQUEST messsage to the target eNB
including the IE Request Type set to ‘change of service cell’ if location reporting upon
change of the serving cell shall be continued in the target eNB. It is up to the MME to decide
if the location reporting upon cell change shall be continued or not.
Step 5: After S1 handover the target eNB provides the information of the new serving cell
towards the MME by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORT message.
The MME requests to stop reporting of cell related information upon cell change from the
eNB serving the concerned UE by means of the S1AP: LOCATION REPORTING CONTROL
message with the IE Request Type set to ‘stop change of service cell’.
Failure reporting
Failure reporting is done by the Location Report Failure Indication procedure. It is initiated
by the eNB in order to inform the MME that a Location Report Control procedure has failed
due to an interaction with a handover procedure (see Figure: Location Report Failure
Indication).
The S1AP: LOCATION REPORT FAILURE INDICATION message is sent from the source eNB to
the MME in case of interaction with X2- or S1- handover.
LTE54: Intra-LTE handover via S1: During inter-eNB handover via S1 the target eNB has to
handle a location reporting request if it was received by means of handover signalling.
Requirements
For supported hardware and software, see Single RAN Features/List of Features and
Documents/List of Features Supported in Single RAN.
Alarms
There are no alarms related to the LTE68: Support of Cell Based Location Service feature.
Commands
There are no commands related to the LTE68: Support of Cell Based Location Service
feature.
M8000C Number of Location Reporting Control The number of Location Reporting Control
35 messages messages received from MME per eNB.
M8000C Number of Location Report messages The number of Location Report messages
36 sent to MME per eNB.
Parameters
See Configuring features with BTS Site Manager or Configuring features with Web Element
Manager for general management tool instructions.
Procedure
1 Start configuring the parameters.
MRBTS ► LNBTS
See Configuring features with BTS Site Manager or Configuring features with Web Element
Manager for general management tool instructions.
MRBTS ► LNBTS