3GPP Work Item description

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Feature: Location Services enhancements Rel-7

This Work Item is needed in order to align between LCS specifications of 3GPP and other forums and to enhance the network support for user privacy in location services. Also the privacy functions in LCS and the new area event triggered location report are covered. 

The purpose of this work is to handle the following issues:

    §         Standardization of the Le interface, alignment of LCS specifications

The task is to improve the Le interface section in TS23.271. The task is also to have alignment between LCS specifications belonging to other forums and the 3GPP LCS specifications and to liaise with the corresponding forums.  

    §         Enhanced support for anonymity and user privacy

The task is to make the network support anonymous target mobile users and to enhance the codeword functionality.

    §         Location Services support for IMS public identities

The task is to enable the LCS client to use IMS public user identities e.g. when services like presence request location information.
 

    §         New area event for location service triggering reports

The task is to develop the functionality to generate location service triggering reports when the mobile is within, enters or leaves a defined area.

Service Aspects:

See the SA1 WID Location services enhancements.