Wireless UE Geographic Location Delivery Before Service Requests
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication networks face inefficiencies in delivering geographic locations for user equipment, leading to delayed service delivery due to network elements having to wait for location requests.
Innovation Solution
The network efficiently serves geographic locations by authenticating user equipment and determining their coordinates, allowing for immediate response to location requests through components like AMF, UDR, and NEF, reducing wait times.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If the network uses traditional location request handling procedures, then network elements can obtain geographic locations, but service delivery is delayed due to waiting for location requests
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by proactively determining and preparing geographic location data for user equipment before service requests are received. The network elements (AMF, UDM, UDR) perform location determination in advance during authentication and registration processes, so when actual service delivery is needed, the location data is already ready, eliminating waiting time and improving service delivery speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where network elements continuously monitor and update location information based on user equipment status changes. The AMF receives location updates from UEs and feeds this information back to the UDM and UDR, creating a dynamic feedback loop that ensures location data is always current and ready for rapid service delivery, thereby reducing latency.
2Reliability
If the network waits for location requests before providing geographic locations, then network elements can respond to requests, but overall network performance is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent ensures reliability by performing location determination and data preparation in advance during authentication and registration phases. This preliminary action guarantees that when services are activated, location information is already verified and ready, ensuring both reliable service delivery and improved network performance without waiting for requests.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains continuous location determination and data updates as part of ongoing network operations. The AMF, UDM, and UDR continuously manage location information throughout the session, ensuring location data is always available and up-to-date. This continuous operation eliminates service delivery delays and sustains high network performance while ensuring reliable location provision.
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AI summary
A wireless communication network serves a User Equipment (UE) based on geographic coordinates for the UE. The wireless communication network exchanges authentication data with the UE and authenticates an identity of the UE. The wireless communication network obtains the geographic coordinates from the UE in response to authenticating the identity of the UE. The wireless communication network determines UE context for the UE based on the geographic coordinates for the UE. The wireless communication network exchanges user data with the UE based on the UE context. The wireless communication network receives a location request for the UE and responds to the location request with the geographic coordinates for the UE.