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LTE68: Support of Cell Based


Location Service

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Table of Contents

1 LTE68: Support of Cell Based Location Service ....................................................................... 6


1.1 Benefits ............................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 Functional description ...................................................................................................... 7
1.3 System impact ................................................................................................................. 11
1.4 LTE68 reference data ..................................................................................................... 12
1.5 Activating LTE68 .............................................................................................................. 14
1.6 Deactivating LTE68 ......................................................................................................... 14

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List of Figures
Figure 1 Direct location reporting ............................................................................................... 7
Figure 2 Location reporting upon cell change due to inter-eNB hand over .......................... 8
Figure 3 Location reporting upon cell change due to X2 handover ....................................... 9
Figure 4 Location reporting upon cell change due to S1 handover ..................................... 10
Figure 5 Stop location reporting ............................................................................................... 11
Figure 6 Location Report Failure Indication ............................................................................. 11

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List of Tables
Table 1 New counters introduced by LTE68 ............................................................................ 13
Table 2 New parameters introduced by LTE68 ....................................................................... 13

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1. LTE68: Support of Cell Based Location Service

Introduction to the feature


With this feature it is possible for the operator to get the location data of an UE. Therefore
the MME(Mobility Management Entity) requests eNB reports of the cell based location
information for the concerned UE. An eNB report comprises:

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.

An active reporting upon cell change can be stopped on MME request.

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

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Location based billing
Lawful Interception

1.2 Functional description

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:

Direct location reporting


In Figure: Direct location reporting the direct location reporting MSG is shown.

Figure 1: Direct location reporting

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.

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Location reporting upon cell change due to inter-eNB hand over
Figure: Location reporting upon cell change due to inter-eNB hand over shows the MSG for a
cell change due to inter eNB hand over.

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.

Location reporting upon cell change due to X2 hand over


Figure: Location reporting upon cell change due to X2 handover shows the MSC for a cell
change to another eNB via x2 handover.

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Figure 3: Location reporting upon cell change due to X2 handover

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.

Location reporting upon cell change due to S1 handover


Figure: Location reporting upon cell change due to S1 handover shows the msc for a cell
change to another eNB via S1 handover.

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Figure 4: Location reporting upon cell change due to S1 handover

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.

Stop location reporting


In Figure: Stop location reporting the stopping of location reporting is shown.

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Figure 5: Stop location reporting

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).

Figure 6: 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.

1.3 System impact

Interdependencies between features


LTE53: Intra and inter eNB handover with X2. After successful intra-eNB handover or inter-
eNB handover via X2 a location report has to be sent in case of location reporting upon cell
change. During inter-eNB handover via X2 the request for location reporting upon cell
change has to be transferred from the source eNB to the target eNB.

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.

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Impact on interfaces
This feature impacts interfaces as follows:

New S1AP messages:


S1AP: Location Reporting Control
S1AP: Location Report
S1AP: Location Report Failure Indication
New IE included in X2AP, S1AP messages
IE: UE context Information -> Location Reporting Information in X2AP: Handover
Request.
IE: Request Type in S1AP: Handover Request

This feature is managed by the parameters listed in Parameters.

Impact on network and network element management tools


This feature has no impact on network management or network element management tools.

Impact on system performance and capacity


This feature has no impact on system performance or capacity.

1.4 LTE68 reference data


For reference data descriptions, see Single RAN System/SRAN Reference Data

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.

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BTS faults and reported alarms
There are no faults 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.

Measurements and counters

Table 1: New counters introduced by LTE68

Counter Counter name Measurement


ID

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.

Key performance indicators


There are no key performance indicators related to the LTE68: Support of Cell Based
Location Service feature.

Parameters

Table 2: New parameters introduced by LTE68

Full name Abbreviated name Manage Parent structure FDD/TDD


d object

Activate Location actLocRep LNBTS - common


Reporting

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Sales information
For licensing information, see 5G/System Descriptions/5G Licenses. Remember that for 5G
features, you also need to configure the Use Case Level Activation Parameters (UCLAPs). For
more information, see .

1.5 Activating LTE68


Instructions to activate the feature

Before you start

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.

Select from the available options


Go to the Radio Network Configuration page if using BTS Site Manager.
Go to the Parameter Editor/ Navigation Panel if using Web Element
Manager.

2 Go to the LNBTS object.

MRBTS ► LNBTS

3 Set the Activate location reporting (actLocRep) parameter value to true.

4 Send the commissioning plan file to the eNB.

1.6 Deactivating LTE68


Instructions to deactivate the feature

Before you start

See Configuring features with BTS Site Manager or Configuring features with Web Element
Manager for general management tool instructions.

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Procedure
1 Start configuring the parameters.

Select from the available options


Go to the Radio Network Configuration page if using BTS Site Manager.
Go to the Parameter Editor/ Navigation Panel if using Web Element
Manager.

2 Go to the LNBTS object.

MRBTS ► LNBTS

3 Set the Activate location reporting (actLocRep) parameter value to false.

4 Send the commissioning plan file to the eNB.

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