CN101009912A - System and method for realizing communication positioning based on R4 protocol - Google Patents

System and method for realizing communication positioning based on R4 protocol Download PDF

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CN101009912A
CN101009912A CNA2006100026721A CN200610002672A CN101009912A CN 101009912 A CN101009912 A CN 101009912A CN A2006100026721 A CNA2006100026721 A CN A2006100026721A CN 200610002672 A CN200610002672 A CN 200610002672A CN 101009912 A CN101009912 A CN 101009912A
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The invention discloses a system and method based on R4 protocol for positioning communication, contains multiple gateway positioning centers to release current excess loading and simplify network topology, and reduces the upgrade cost, wherein it adds positioning request and response message among positioning centers to let the process more clear. This invention only modifies the positioning center without changing on mobile exchange center and register and positioning entity in CN, reduces risk and real commercial cost.

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Realize the system and method for communication location based on the R4 agreement
Technical field
The present invention relates to realize in a kind of communication system the networking technology of positioning service, relate in particular to a kind of system and method for realizing the communication location based on the R4 agreement.
Background technology
Positioning service in the mobile radio communication (LCS, Location Service) realizes the targeted customer is positioned obtaining this mobile subscriber's geographical position by wireless location technology exactly, and realizes certain service based on this positional information.Positioning service is applied to urgent call usually, improves network performance and added value service or the like.Version in third generation partner program (3GPP) after the R4 agreement all is described in detail positioning service standard and location network element, message flow, message content etc.
In the WCDMA mobile communication system, existing positioning service is based on the R4 release protocol of 3GPP: increase a Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC (Gateway MobileLocation Center) in network, Serving Mobile Location Center SMLC (Serving Mobile Location Center) and Location Measurement Unit LMU (Location Measure Unit), original entity---attaching position register HLR (Home Location Register) also is the R4 version in the network simultaneously, attaching position register is responsible for targeted customer's positioning service CAMEL-Subscription-Information is sent to VLR Visitor Location Register VLR (Visitor Location Register) among the core net CN, also will tell Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC the mobile switching centre VMSC address that the user visited.
Content shown in Figure 1, it is existing navigation system structure chart based on the R4 agreement, this navigation system comprises traditional network element and newly-increased network entity, the former mainly comprises moving exchanging center MSC/VLR, attaching position register HLR among the core net CN, wireless access network RAN, the latter mainly comprises Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC, location services client etc.In this system, in the whole mobile radio communication number of GMLC seldom, and each GMLC all must with the whole nation each MSC link to each other, and dispose corresponding data, the network architecture complexity, the data of GMLC configuration are huge, processing signaling message is many, and it is quite heavy to load.
With reference to structure chart shown in Figure 1, it below is the positioning service explanation of this system, when positioning, position determining entity SMLC (Serving Mobile Location Center) and LMU (Location Measurement Unit) function realize that in wireless access network RAN positioning step is seen following description:
101 location services client are to Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC request target user position information;
102 Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC are to the mobile switching centre VMSC address on attaching position register HLR query aim user visiting ground;
After 103GMLC obtains the VMSC address information, just send position enquiring message to this VMSC/VLR;
104VMSC/VLR carries out interacting message with wireless access network RAN, and position determining entity carries out position measurement and calculates, and this user position information is returned to VMSC/VLR in the core net;
Wherein the VMSC/VLR in step 103 and the step 101 returns to location services client to positional information by GMLC and is shown to the user.
Based on foregoing description as can be known, this locate mode of existing systems employing has following several shortcoming:
One, based on the navigation system of R4 agreement, has only a Gateway Mobile Location Center GMLC, all location services client all must link to each other with it, so the message that this GMLC need handle is a lot, overload, and it needs to link to each other the network architecture complexity with all VMSC/SGSN in the national mobile network;
Two, GMLC need dispose VMSC/SGSN data all in the national mobile network, need the data of configuration too many, thereby realization roaming location difficulty, for example, the targeted customer roams from a moving exchanging center MSC/VLR to another moving exchanging center MSC/VLR, and when by chance GMLC does not dispose these MSC data, location services client can not be successful to this targeted customer's location, thus the success rate of this navigation system location especially the position success rate to the roamer is lower;
Three if introduce a plurality of GMLC realization roamings location, and can realize load sharing, can introduce the notion in the R6 agreement---GMLC is divided into three kinds of the GMLC of the GMLC of GMLC, visit of request and ownership, want to store the address of the GMLC of the GMLC of user attaching and visit like this according to protocol requirement attaching position register HLR, therefore HLR must be upgraded to the R6 protocol version, upgrade cost is than higher like this, risk is also bigger, is not the preferred plan of WCDMA navigation system commercialization.
Summary of the invention
What the present invention will solve is existing navigation system overload based on the R4 agreement, complex structure, the roaming technical problem that position success rate is low and upgrade cost is too high.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the invention provides a kind of system that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement, the portable terminal that includes location services client, mobile switching centre and connect by wireless access network, it is characterized in that, also comprise the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one request, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one ownership and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one visit; Wherein
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request is connected with described location services client is two-way, and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this request receives and transmit the locating request message from location services client;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request is two-way, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this ownership receives the message that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of request is transmitted, and with the Gateway Mobile Location Center that is transmitted to after the information stores with its two-way attaching position register that is connected and visit; Described home location register stores user profile is carried out exchanges data with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit receives the positioning request information of the Gateway Mobile Location Center forwarding of ownership, and sends position enquiring information to mobile switching centre;
Described mobile switching centre is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit is two-way, accept the position enquiring information of the gateway centre of location transmission of described visit, this mobile switching centre carries out information interaction by wireless access network and portable terminal, position determining entity carries out position measurement and calculates, and the mobile terminal user positional information is returned to location services client by described Gateway Mobile Location Center.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: when the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership is a plurality of, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of a plurality of ownership is two-way in twos to link to each other, wherein the Gateway Mobile Location Center of each ownership links to each other with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of a visit at least, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of each visit at least with two-way a connection of mobile switching centre.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request adopts the Le mouth to be connected with described location services client based on http protocol; Adopt the Lr mouth to be connected based on http protocol between the gateway running fix centre of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request and described visit; Adopt the Lh mouth to be connected based on the 3GPP agreement between the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership and the attaching position register; The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit adopts the Lg mouth to be connected with mobile switching centre based on the 3GPP agreement.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described a plurality of ownership links to each other in twos by the Lr mouth.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: the identification information that comprises the user that is positioned in the described positioning request information at least.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: the address information and/or Location Request type and/or positioning accuracy and/or the timestamp that also comprise the gateway centre of location of user attaching in the described positioning request information.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request comprises one first database, stores the address of finding the Gateway Mobile Location Center of its ownership according to the user's that is positioned sign; The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership comprises one second database, stores the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the address of Gateway Mobile Location Center of the visit corresponding with each mobile switching centre address and the ownership that is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this visit.
Further, said system can have following characteristics: described communication system is WCDMA system or user who is in the PS territory or TD-SCDMA communication system.
The present invention proposes a kind of method that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement simultaneously, the system that this method adopts the present invention to propose realizes, between the gateway centre of location, increase Location Request and location response message, make that the Message Processing flow process is more clear, and the disposal ability of message can be strengthened greatly.May further comprise the steps:
Location services client sends positioning request information to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of its institute's connection requests;
After receiving this request message, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of request sends this locating request message to the Gateway Mobile Location Center that this user belonged to;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership sends route request information according to locating request message to the attaching position register that this user belonged to, and inquires about the user's that is positioned mobile switching centre address;
After described attaching position register receives route request information, the mobile switching centre address is sent to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership obtains being positioned behind user's the address of mobile switching centre, the database of inquiry mobile switching centre address, obtain the address of the gateway centre of location of the address of Gateway Mobile Location Center of the visit that is connected with its mobile switching centre and the ownership that is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this visit, the Gateway Mobile Location Center addresses of comparing two ownership, determine both sides relation, positioning request information is sent to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the visit that finds;
After the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit receives positioning request information, to mobile switching centre's transmission position enquiring information of the user that is positioned;
The described user's of being positioned mobile switching centre carries out interacting message with wireless access network, and position determining entity is measured and calculated, and the user position information that is positioned is returned to the user's that is positioned mobile switching centre.
Further, said method can have following characteristics: the identification information that comprises the user that is positioned in the described positioning request information at least.
Further, said method can have following characteristics: the address information and/or Location Request type and/or positioning accuracy and/or the timestamp that also comprise the gateway centre of location of user attaching in the described positioning request information.
Further, said method can have following characteristics: in the step that the database of user's mobile switching centre address is inquired about: the address of the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of another ownership that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the ownership under the user finds in the database of mobile switching centre address and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the ownership under the user is inconsistent, determine that the user is at roaming state, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the ownership under the user sends to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of another ownership in the lump with the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of positioning request information and the visit that inquires, sends positioning request information by the Gateway Mobile Location Center of another ownership to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of connected visit.
Further, said method can have following characteristics: the number of the gateway centre of location that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership will belong to when sending route request information simultaneously sends to described attaching position register.
Further, said method can have following characteristics: described attaching position register has an inspection affirmation step after receiving route request information, confirm whether this user has set positioning service, whether dispose the gateway centre of location address of described ownership in this attaching position register, checked the gateway centre of location that again the mobile switching centre address is returned to described ownership after confirming by route response information.
Further, said method can have following characteristics: described communication system is WCDMA system or user who is in the PS territory or TD-SCDMA communication system.
The technique effect that technical scheme of the present invention produces is significant:
1, scheme of the present invention is introduced a plurality of GMLC on the basis of R4 agreement, promptly introduce the GMLC (english abbreviation RGMLC) of request, the GMLC (english abbreviation is HGMLC) of ownership and the GMLC (english abbreviation is VGMLC) of visit, after introducing a plurality of GMLC, can overcome the whole network and have only the overload that a GMLC causes and the shortcoming of system configuration complexity, but also not need attaching position register to do any upgrading.
2, the system and method for the present invention's proposition, with respect to prior art, only be to improve at Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC), and the position determining entity of mobile switching centre among the core net CN and attaching position register and wireless access network side need not to improve, and still is based on the positioning service of R4 protocol processes.
3, in the present invention, Gateway Mobile Location Center can upgrade the database of its preservation, wherein RGMLC need preserve the HGMLC address of each Subscriber Number section correspondence, and HGMLC need preserve each mobile switching centre address and coupled VGMLC address and HGMLC address in the mobile network, so just simplify network configuration, reduced the data of the required configuration of GMLC in a large number.
4, in the system and method for the present invention, the used attaching position register of navigation system does not need upgrading, has reduced the risk that method realizes, has reduced the cost of actual use yet.
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Fig. 1 is existing navigation system structure chart.
Fig. 2 is the navigation system structural representation behind the multiple GMLC of introducing.
Fig. 3 is mobile subscriber's positioning service schematic diagram when not roaming.
Fig. 4 is mobile subscriber's positioning service schematic diagram when roaming.
Fig. 5 is the message flow chart of quoting behind the multiple GMLC the roamer location.
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The present invention points out a kind ofly to realize the system of WCDMA location based on the R4 agreement, and the structure of this navigation system can be in conjunction with content shown in Figure 2:
The portable terminal that system of the present invention includes location services client, mobile switching centre and connects by wireless access network also comprises the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one request, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of ownership and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of visit; Wherein
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request is connected with described location services client is two-way, and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this request receives and transmit the locating request message from location services client;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request is two-way, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this ownership receives the message that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of request is transmitted, and with the Gateway Mobile Location Center that is transmitted to after the information stores with its two-way attaching position register that is connected and visit;
Described home location register stores user profile is carried out exchanges data with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit receives the positioning request information of the Gateway Mobile Location Center forwarding of ownership, and sends position enquiring information to mobile switching centre;
Described mobile switching centre is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit is two-way, accept the position enquiring information of the gateway centre of location transmission of described visit, this mobile switching centre carries out information interaction by wireless access network and portable terminal, position determining entity carries out position measurement and calculates, and the mobile terminal user positional information is returned to location services client by described Gateway Mobile Location Center.
In system of the present invention, the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC of request is responsible for receiving and transmit the locating request message from location services client, and the interface between RGMLC and the client is the Le mouth that is based on http protocol.The information that the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 of ownership and HGMLC2 are used to store the user.The Gateway Mobile Location Center VGMLC of visit is responsible for accepting the next locating request message of HGMLC forwarding and sends position enquiring message to the MSC/VLR that the user visited then.
In an embodiment of the present invention, each user is connected with the gateway Mobility Center RGMLC (also can connect a plurality of RGMLC) of a request, can interconnect the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGLMC of a plurality of ownership with each RGLMC, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of a plurality of ownership is two-way in twos to link to each other, wherein the Gateway Mobile Location Center of each ownership links to each other with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of a visit at least, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of each visit and two-way a connection of mobile switching centre.At least the identification information that comprises the user that is positioned in the positioning request information described in the native system also comprises address information and/or Location Request type and/or the positioning accuracy and/or the timestamp of the gateway centre of location of user attaching.
In the system of the present invention, the gateway centre of location of described request comprises one first database, store the address of finding the Gateway Mobile Location Center of its ownership according to the user's that is positioned sign, have a plurality of HGMLC the time, this database can imitate HLR, the user of some number section is distributed to HGMLC1, again the user of other numbers section is distributed to HGMLC2; The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership comprises one second database, store the address of the GMSC (gateway mobile switching center) of the address of GMSC (gateway mobile switching center) of the visit corresponding and the ownership that is connected with the GMSC (gateway mobile switching center) of this visit with each mobile switching centre address, when having a plurality of HGLMC like this, HGMLC1,2 routing iinformations that can give according to HLR are the VMSC/VLR address lookup to the VGMLC address that it connected, and the HGMLC address that is connected with this VGMLC.
Interface between HGMLC in the system of the present invention and RGMLC and the VGMLC is for also being based on the Lr mouth of http protocol, and HLR only need have interface with HGMLC, is based on the Lh mouth of 3GPP agreement.Owing to have interacting message between to two HGMLC in the roamer location, therefore all HGMLC in the whole mobile network need to link to each other in twos, between be the Lr mouth, specifically can be referring to as Fig. 4.HGMLC may link to each other with several VGMLC simultaneously, and VGMLC may link to each other with one or several VMSC/VLR, and the interface between them is based on the Lg mouth of 3GPP agreement.
Based on the description of said system, method of the present invention is achieved in that
Location services client sends positioning request information to the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC of its institute's connection requests;
After receiving this request message, the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC of request sends this locating request message to the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGLMC1 that this user belonged to;
The gateway centre of location HGLMC1 of described ownership sends route request information according to locating request message to the attaching position register HLR that this user belonged to, and inquires about the user's that is positioned mobile switching centre VMSC/VLR address;
After described attaching position register HLR receives route request information, the address VMSC/VLR of mobile switching centre is sent to the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 of described ownership;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center HGLMC1 of described ownership obtains being positioned behind user's the address of mobile switching centre, the database of the inquiry VMSC/VLR of mobile switching centre, obtain the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC2 of the address of Gateway Mobile Location Center VGLMC of the visit that is connected with the VMSC/VLR of its mobile switching centre and the ownership that is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center VGLMC of this visit, compare the gateway centre of location HGLMC1 of two ownership and the address of HGLMC2, determine both sides relation, positioning request information is sent to the Gateway Mobile Location Center VGMLC of the visit that finds;
After the Gateway Mobile Location Center VGMLC of described visit receives positioning request information, send position enquiring information to the user's that is positioned the VMSC/VLR of mobile switching centre;
The described user's of being positioned the VMSC/VLR of mobile switching centre carries out interacting message with wireless access network RAN, and position determining entity is measured and calculated, and the user position information that is positioned is returned to the user's that is positioned mobile switching centre.
Specifically referring to the content of Fig. 3 to Fig. 5, to the method for the present invention explanation that makes an explanation:
Fig. 3 is mobile subscriber's positioning service schematic diagram when not roaming, and this navigation system is to realize position fixing process like this:
301 location services client send locating request message to the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC of its institute's connection requests, wherein have the user's that is positioned sign information such as (such as MSISDN, IMSI etc.);
302RGMLC obtains the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC address that this user belongs to by Query Database after receiving this request message, then transmits this locating request message and gives this HGMLC;
303HGMLC inquires about routing iinformation, i.e. the VMSC address at this user place that is positioned according to the user ID that has in the message to the HLR that this user belonged to;
After 304HGMLC obtains this VMSC address, find the VGMLC address that is connected with this VMSC with regard to Query Database, and the HGMLC address that links to each other with this VGMLC, when this user is the local user, the HGMLC that Query Database obtains is exactly this HGMLC, so this HGMLC just directly sends Location Request to accessed VGMLC;
305,306 message are same as the message in the R4 agreement, and ensuing position fixing process also is same as the process in the R4 agreement.
When the mobile subscriber roams into another one HGMLC compass of competency, position fixing process such as Fig. 4, HGMLC1 is the gateway centre of location of user attaching of being positioned among the figure, and HGMLC2 is the home gateway mobile positioning center of roaming place, and position fixing process is as follows:
401 location services client send locating request message to the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC of its institute's connection requests, wherein have the user's that is positioned sign information such as (such as MSISDN, IMSI etc.);
402RGMLC receives after the Location Request that at first being is that HGMLC1 sends this locating request message to the HGMLC of user attaching, is the HGMLC1 address that he belongs to because RGMLC inquires according to Subscriber Number;
The routing iinformation that 403HGMLC1 is responsible for obtaining this user to HLR i.e. the VMSC address on this user of current roaming ground;
404HGMLC1 inquires VGMLC address and the HGMLC2 address that is connected with this VMSC after receiving the VMSC address from its database, the HGMLC2 address that the HGMLC1 comparison query arrives and oneself inconsistent, show it is that this user just roams, therefore transmit locating request message and give HGMLC2, in this message, increased the VGMLC address;
After 405HGMLC2 receives, through checking, find to have the VGMLC address, so no longer the outlet is given this VGMLC by query script and directly transmit the locating request message that has the VMSC address information;
Identical among ensuing 406,407 message and position fixing process and Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the message flow chart of behind the multiple GMLC of introducing the roamer being located, and specifically comprises the steps:
The locating request message that the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC forwarding location services client of 501 requests is sent is given the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 that the user belonged to that is positioned.Further, the positioning accuracy QoS, timestamp or the like that have comprised the user's that is positioned number MSISDN, Location Request type (being the current or last positional information of request), requirement in this message.
The Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 of 502 ownership receives after this Location Request, sends route request information to the location register HLR of this user attaching, comprises be positioned Subscriber Number and HGMLC1 number in this message.
503 attaching position register HLR receive to check whether allow this GMLC that whether contracted corresponding positioning service and whether disposed this HGMLC1 address in this HLR of this user is just checked in this user location after the route request information, after inspection was passed through, the VMSC/VLR address of just taking out this user place returned to HGMLC1 by route response message.
The Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 of 504 ownership receives after the route response, take out VMSC address wherein, reading database is to obtain be positioned the Gateway Mobile Location Center VGMLC that the user was visited and the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC2 address of ownership in view of the above, HGMLC1 takes HGMLC2 address and oneself relatively, find inconsistent, then explanation has been positioned scope that the user has roamed into HGMLC2 and administered, so just send locating request message to HGMLC2, comprise in this message: the Gateway Mobile Location Center VGMLC address that the user visited is positioned, the parameter that comprises in the VMSC address of user visiting and 501 message of being positioned.
The Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC2 of 505 ownership has received after the locating request message, it does not also judge which kind of attribute the sender is, need not promptly to judge that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of ownership still is the Gateway Mobile Location Center or the location services client of request, whether it wherein having had the VGMLC address, as long as it judge, if be with, transmit this locating request message so and give this VGMLC, wherein have the parameter that comprises in the VMSC address of the user visiting that is positioned and 501 message and get final product.
The Gateway Mobile Location Center VGMLC of 506 visits receives after the locating request message that has the VMSC address, is responsible for sending position enquiring message to this VMSC, next just is based on the localization process of R4 agreement, does not change.VMSC obtains just telling VGMLC after the satisfactory positional information that VGMLC just tells HGMLC2 by sending the Location Request response message, has comprised positional information and some attached information at the user place that is positioned in this message.
The Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC2 of 507 ownership transmits the Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 that this response message is given ownership after receiving the Location Request response message, and message comprises the parameter in 506 message.
The Gateway Mobile Location Center HGMLC1 of 508 ownership transmits the Gateway Mobile Location Center RGMLC that this response message is given request after receiving the Location Request response message, and message comprises the parameter in 506 message.RGMLC tells location services client accessed positional information with regard to being responsible for like this.
This message flow also is applicable to the location to the local user, just jumps to 505 by 503.
In sum, technology of the present invention positions for the mobile subscriber, has only increased Location Request and location response information between the Gateway Mobile Location Center, make that like this message flow is more clear, and the disposal ability of message can be strengthened greatly.Adopt navigation system of the present invention, its network configuration will obtain simplifying, and the function of Gateway Mobile Location Center will obtain the division of labor and refinement, thereby make the data of the configuration that each Gateway Mobile Location Center is required to significantly reduce, it is very low that the load of being born also can reduce to, simultaneously, this navigation system can not be upgraded at HLR and introduces multiple GMLC under the situation of R6 protocol version, realize the roaming positioning function, and can not make the flow process complexity, network configuration is become simply, and configuration data reduces, and the GMLC load drops to minimum.This navigation system also is applicable to being in the user location in PS territory, equally also is applicable to the TD-SCDMA communication system, has reduced the risk that realizes like this and has given birth to, and has also reduced actual commercial cost.

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1, a kind of system that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement, the portable terminal that includes location services client, mobile switching centre and connect by wireless access network, it is characterized in that, also comprise the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one request, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one ownership and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of at least one visit; Wherein
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request is connected with described location services client is two-way, and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this request receives and transmit the locating request message from location services client;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request is two-way, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this ownership receives the message that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of request is transmitted, and with the Gateway Mobile Location Center that is transmitted to after the information stores with its two-way attaching position register that is connected and visit; Described home location register stores user profile is carried out exchanges data with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit receives the positioning request information of the Gateway Mobile Location Center forwarding of ownership, and sends position enquiring information to mobile switching centre;
Described mobile switching centre is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit is two-way, accept the position enquiring information of the gateway centre of location transmission of described visit, this mobile switching centre carries out information interaction by wireless access network and portable terminal, position determining entity carries out position measurement and calculates, and the mobile terminal user positional information is returned to location services client by described Gateway Mobile Location Center.
2, the system that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, when the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership is a plurality of, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of a plurality of ownership is two-way in twos to link to each other, wherein the Gateway Mobile Location Center of each ownership links to each other with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of a visit at least, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of each visit at least with two-way a connection of mobile switching centre.
3, the system based on R4 agreement realization communication location according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request adopts the Le mouth to be connected with described location services client based on http protocol; Adopt the Lr mouth to be connected based on http protocol between the gateway running fix centre of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request and described visit; Adopt the Lh mouth to be connected based on the 3GPP agreement between the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership and the attaching position register; The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit adopts the Lg mouth to be connected with mobile switching centre based on the 3GPP agreement.
4, the system based on R4 agreement realization communication location according to claim 2 is characterized in that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described a plurality of ownership links to each other in twos by the Lr mouth.
5, the system based on R4 agreement realization communication location according to claim 1 is characterized in that, comprises the user's that is positioned identification information in the described positioning request information at least.
6, the system that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, also comprise address information and/or Location Request type and/or the positioning accuracy and/or the timestamp of the gateway centre of location of user attaching in the described positioning request information.
7, realize the system of communication location based on the R4 agreement according to claim 6, it is characterized in that, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described request comprises one first database, stores the address of finding the Gateway Mobile Location Center of its ownership according to the user's that is positioned sign; The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership comprises one second database, stores the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the address of Gateway Mobile Location Center of the visit corresponding with each mobile switching centre address and the ownership that is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this visit.
8, realize the system of communication location according to above-mentioned arbitrary claim is described based on the R4 agreement, it is characterized in that described communication system is WCDMA system or user who is in the PS territory or TD-SCDMA communication system.
9, a kind of method based on R4 agreement realization communication location is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
Location services client sends positioning request information to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of its institute's connection requests;
After receiving this request message, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of request sends this locating request message to the Gateway Mobile Location Center that this user belonged to;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership sends route request information according to locating request message to the attaching position register that this user belonged to, and inquires about the user's that is positioned mobile switching centre address;
After described attaching position register receives route request information, the mobile switching centre address is sent to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership;
The Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership obtains being positioned behind user's the address of mobile switching centre, the database of inquiry mobile switching centre address, obtain the address of the gateway centre of location of the address of Gateway Mobile Location Center of the visit that is connected with its mobile switching centre and the ownership that is connected with the Gateway Mobile Location Center of this visit, the Gateway Mobile Location Center addresses of comparing two ownership, determine both sides relation, positioning request information is sent to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the visit that finds;
After the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described visit receives positioning request information, to mobile switching centre's transmission position enquiring information of the user that is positioned;
The described user's of being positioned mobile switching centre carries out interacting message with wireless access network, and position determining entity is measured and calculated, and the user position information that is positioned is returned to the user's that is positioned mobile switching centre.
10, the method based on R4 agreement realization communication location according to claim 9 is characterized in that, comprises the user's that is positioned identification information in the described positioning request information at least.
11, the method that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, also comprise address information and/or Location Request type and/or the positioning accuracy and/or the timestamp of the gateway centre of location of user attaching in the described positioning request information.
12, according to claim 9ly realize the method for communication location, it is characterized in that based on the R4 agreement, in the step that the database of user's mobile switching centre address is inquired about:
The address of the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of another ownership that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the ownership under the user finds in the database of mobile switching centre address and the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the ownership under the user is inconsistent, determine that the user is at roaming state, the Gateway Mobile Location Center of the ownership under the user sends to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of another ownership in the lump with the address of the Gateway Mobile Location Center of positioning request information and the visit that inquires, sends positioning request information by the Gateway Mobile Location Center of another ownership to the Gateway Mobile Location Center of connected visit.
13, the method that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement according to claim 9, it is characterized in that the number of the gateway centre of location that the Gateway Mobile Location Center of described ownership will belong to simultaneously sends to described attaching position register when sending route request information.
14, the method that realizes the communication location based on the R4 agreement according to claim 13, it is characterized in that, described attaching position register has an inspection affirmation step after receiving route request information, confirm whether this user has set positioning service, whether dispose the gateway centre of location address of described ownership in this attaching position register, checked the gateway centre of location that again the mobile switching centre address is returned to described ownership after confirming by route response information.
15, realize the method for communication location according to above-mentioned arbitrary claim is described based on the R4 agreement, it is characterized in that described communication system is WCDMA system or user who is in the PS territory or TD-SCDMA communication system.
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