The present document contains the coding of information necessary for support of location service operation on the SMLC-BSS interface layer 3.
Clause 2 gives the functional definitions and contents of messages for location service operations.
Clause 3 gives the general format and coding for messages used for location service and the format and coding of information elements used for location service operations.
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document.
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References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non specific.
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For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
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For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. In the case of a reference to a 3GPP document (including a GSM document), a non-specific reference implicitly refers to the latest version of that document in the same Release as the present document.
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TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
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TS 43.059: "Functional stage 2 description of Location Services (LCS) in GERAN".
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TS 24.007: "Mobile radio interface signalling layer 3; General aspects".
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TS 44.018: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Radio Resource Control Protocol".
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TS 24.008: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3".
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TS 48.008: "Mobile Switching Centre - Base Station System (MSC-BSS) interface; Layer 3 specification".
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TS 49.031: "Location Services (LCS); Base Station System Application Part LCS Extension (BSSAP-LE)".
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TS 44.031: "Location Services (LCS); Mobile Station (MS) - Serving Mobile Location Centre (SMLC) Radio Resource LCS Protocol (RRLP)".
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations, terms and definitions given in
TR 21.905 and
TS 43.059 apply.