ETSI TS 148 071 V9.3.0 (2012-10)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Location Services (LCS); Serving Mobile Location Centre - Base Station System (SMLC-BSS) interface; Layer 3 specification (3GPP TS 48.071 version 9.3.0 Release 9)

RTS/TSGG-0248071v930

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 22-Oct-2012
• Technical Committee: 3GPP GERAN 2 - Protocol aspects
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 08-Oct-2012
• Completion Date: 23-Oct-2012

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Technical Specification
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);
Location Services (LCS);
Serving Mobile Location Centre -
Base Station System (SMLC-BSS) interface;
Layer 3 specification
(3GPP TS 48.071 version 9.3.0 Release 9)

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Foreword . 2
Foreword . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 6
4 Messages functional definitions and contents . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Messages . 7
4.2.1 TA Request . 8
4.2.2 TA Response . 8
4.2.3 (void) . 8
4.2.4 (void) . 8
4.2.5 Reject . 8
4.2.6 Reset . 9
4.2.7 Abort . 9
4.2.8 TA Layer3 . 10
4.2.9 MS Position Command . 10
4.2.10 MS Position Response . 10
4.2.11 U-TDOA Request . 11
4.2.12 U-TDOA Response . 11
5 Information element encodings . 12
5.1 Message Type IE . 14
5.2 Timing Advance IE . 14
5.3 (void) . 14
5.4 Cell Identity IE . 14
5.5 (void) . 15
5.6 (void) . 15
5.7 (void) . 15
5.8 Channel Description IE . 15
5.9 (void) . 15
5.10 (void) . 15
5.11 (void) . 15
5.12 Measurement Report IE . 15
5.13 (void) . 16
5.14 Cause IE . 16
5.15 RRLP Flag IE . 16
5.16 RRLP IE . 17
5.17 Cell Identity List IE . 17
5.18 Enhanced Measurement Report IE . 18
5.19 Location Area Code IE . 18
5.20 Frequency List IE . 19
5.21 MS Power IE . 19
5.22 Delta Timer IE . 19
5.23 Serving Cell Identifier IE . 19
5.24 Encryption Key IE . 20
5.25 Cipher Mode Setting IE . 20
5.26 Channel Mode IE. 20
5.27 MultiRate Configuration IE . 20
5.28 Polling Repetition IE . 20
5.29 Packet Channel Description IE . 21
5.30 TLLI IE . 21
5.31 TFI IE . 21
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5.32 Starting Time IE . 21
5.33 Long Encryption Key IE . 22
5.34 Concurrent Positioning Flag . 22
Annex A (informative): Change history . 23
History . 24

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Foreword
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This Technical Specification has been produced by the 3 Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
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1 Scope
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.
2 References
The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
• References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• 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.
[1] 3GPP TR 21.905: "Vocabulary for 3GPP Specifications".
[2] 3GPP TS 43.059: "Functional stage 2 description of Location Services (LCS) in GERAN".
[3] 3GPP TS 24.007: "Mobile radio interface signalling layer 3; General aspects".
[4] 3GPP TS 44.018: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Radio Resource Control Protocol".
[4a] 3GPP TS 24.008: "Mobile radio interface layer 3 specification; Core network protocols; Stage 3".
[5] 3GPP TS 45.008: "Radio subsystem link control".
[6] 3GPP TS 48.008: "Mobile Switching Centre - Base Station System (MSC-BSS) interface; Layer 3
specification".
[7] 3GPP TS 49.031: "Location Services (LCS); Base Station System Application Part LCS Extension
(BSSAP-LE)".
[8] 3GPP TS 44.031: "Location Services (LCS); Mobile Station (MS) - Serving Mobile Location
Centre (SMLC) Radio Resource LCS Protocol (RRLP)".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations, terms and definitions given in 3GPP TR 21.905 and
3GPP TS 43.059 apply.
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4 Messages functional definitions and contents
4.1 General
This sub-clause defines the structure of the messages of the SMLC-BSS layer 3 protocol defined in 3GPP TS 43.059.
Each definition includes:
a) a brief description of the message;
b) a table listing the information elements in the order of their appearance in the message.
For each IE the table indicates:
1) the name of the IE (which gives an idea of the semantics of the element), which is used in this and other
specifications as a reference to the IE within the message;
2) the name of the type of the IE (which indicates the coding of the value part of the IE), and a reference to a
description of the value part of the IE;
3) the presence requirement indication (M, C or O) for the IE, as defined in 3GPP TS 24.007;
4) the format of the IE (T, V, TV, LV, TLV) as defined in 3GPP TS 24.007;
5) the length of the IE (or permissible range of lengths), in octets, in the message. The value of the length gives
the number of octets in the IE following the length and element identifier. Where the length is encoded using
more than one octet, the high order bit is bit 8 of the first (lowest numbered octet) and the low order bit is bit
1 of the last (highest numbered octet). When a length has a range of M to N octets, the notation "M-N" is
used. The symbol "n" represents the maximum of a range when indefinite.
c) sub-clauses specifying conditions for IEs with presence requirement C or O in the relevant message. Together
with other conditions specified in 3GPP TS 43.059 this defines when the IE shall be included or not, what
non-presence of such IEs means, and (for IEs with presence requirement C) the static conditions for presence
and/or non-presence of the IEs (see 3GPP TS 43.059).
4.2 Messages
The following Location Services related messages are exchanged between the SMLC and the BSS:
- TA Request;
- TA Response;
- Reject;
- Reset;
- Abort;
- TA Layer3;
- MS Position Command;
- MS Position Response;
- U-TDOA Request;
- U-TDOA Response.
On the Lb interface the messages are contained in the BSSLAP APDU IE which is encapsulated in the following
messages as specified in 3GPP TS 49.031:
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- BSSMAP-LE CONNECTION ORIENTED INFORMATION message (for all messages except the TA LAYER
3 message);
- BSSMAP-LE PERFORM LOCATION REQUEST message (for the TA LAYER 3 message)
- BSSMAP-LE PERFORM LOCATION INFORMATION message (for the TA LAYER 3 message).
4.2.1 TA Request
The TA Request is a message from the SMLC to the BSS, requesting BSS to return the timing advance (or access
delay) of the MS.
Table 4.2.1.1: TA Request message content
Information element Type/Reference Presence Format Length
Message Type Message Type IE / 5.1 M V 1

4.2.2 TA Response
The TA Response is a message from the BSS to the SMLC. It is a response to TA Request message and contains the
following information elements.
Table 4.2.2.1: TA Response message content
Information element Type/Reference Presence Format Length
Message Type Message Type IE / 5.1 M V 1
Serving Cell Identity Cell Identity IE / 5.4 M TV 3
Timing Advance Timing Advance IE / 5.2 M TV 2
Measurement Report Measurement Report IE / 5.12 O TLV 18
Enhanced Measurement Enhanced Measurement Report IE / 5.18 O TLV 4-n
Report
Measured Cell Identity Cell Identity List IE / 5.17 O TLV 6-n
List
Concurrent Method Flag Concurrent Positioning Flag IE / 5.34 O (note 1) TV 2
NOTE 1: This IE is only included when the BSC allows a concurrent invocation of a first and second
positioning procedure
4.2.3 (void)
4.2.4 (void)
4.2.5 Reject
The Reject is a message from the BSS to the SMLC. It is a possible response to TA Request, MS Position Command or
U-TDOA Request and contains the following information elements.
Table 4.2.5.1: Reject message content
Information element Type/Reference Presence Format Length
Message Type Message Type IE / 5.1 M V 1
Cause Cause IE / 5.14 M TV 2
The following are the expected cause values for Reject message:
- congestion;
- channel Mode not supported;
- positioning procedure not supported;
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- failure for other radio related events;
- incorrect serving cell identity;
- BSSAP-LE Segmentation error;
-  Concurrent Positioning not enabled.
4.2.6 Reset
The Reset is a message from the BSS to the SMLC. It is sent when the Response message contents for a positioning
request are invalidated (e.g. due to handover) before the positioning procedure was completed.
Table 4.2.6.1: Reset message content
Information element Type/Reference Presence Format Length
Message Type Message Type IE / 5.1 M V 1
Cell ID Cell Identity IE / 5.4 M TV 3
Timing Advance Timing Advance IE / 5.2 M TV 2
Channel description Channel Description IE / 5.8 M TV 4
Cause Cause IE / 5.1 M TV 2
Measurement Report Measurement Report IE / 5.12 O TLV 18
Enhanced Measurement Report Enhanced Measurement Report IE / 5.18 O TLV 4-n
Measured Cell Identity List Cell Identity List IE / 5.17 O TLV 6-n
LAC Location Area Code IE / 5.19 O TV 3
Frequency List Frequency List IE 5.20 C (note 1) TLV 3-n
Channel Mode Channel Mode IE 5.26 C (notes 2 TV 2
& 4)
MultiRate Configuration MultiRate Configuration 5.27 C (notes 3 TLV 4-n
& 4)
Packet Channel Description Packet Channel Description IE 5.29 C (note 5) TV 4
TLLI TLLI IE 5.30 C (note 5) TV 5
TFI TFI 5.31 C (note 5) TV 2
TBF Starting Time Starting Time IE 5.32 C (note 5) TV 3
Encryption Key (Kc) Encryption Key IE 5.24 C (note 6) TV 9
Cipher Mode Setting Cipher Mode Setting IE 5.25 C (note 4) TV 2
Long Encryption Key (Kc128) Long Encryption Key IE 5.33 C (note 7) TV 17
NOTE 1: The Frequency List IE is included only for U-TDOA when frequency hopping is used.
NOTE 2: The Channel Mode IE is included only for U-TDOA using FR or AMR (not included for EFR).
NOTE 3: The MultiRate Configuration IE is included only for U-TDOA using AMR.
NOTE 4: This IE can only be present for CS U-TDOA location method
NOTE 5: This IE can only be present for PS U-TDOA location method
NOTE 6: This IE can only be present for CS U-TDOA location method and if the Ciphering Mode Setting IE
indicates A5/1 or A5/3.
NOTE 7: This IE can only be present for CS U-TDOA location method and if the Ciphering Mode Setting IE
indicates A5/4.
The following are the expected cause values for Reset message:
- intra-BSS handover;
- failure for other radio related events;
- supervision Timer Expired;
- incorrect serving cell identity.
4.2.7 Abort
The Abort is a message from the BSS to the SMLC. Upon receiving this signal, the SMLC shall abort ongoing
positioning procedure.
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Table 4.2.7.1: Abort message content
Information element Type/Reference Presence Format Length
Message Type Message Type IE / 5.1 M V 1
Cause Cause IE / 5.14 M TV 2
The following are the expected cause values for Abort message:
- failure for other radio related events;
- supervision Timer Expired;
- inter BSS handover;
- loss of signalling connection to MS.
4.2.8 TA Layer3
The TA Layer3 is an optional encapsulated message from the BSS to the SMLC that adds the following information in
Complete layer 3 Information as described in 3GPP TS 48.008.
Table 4.2.8.1: TA Layer3 message content
Information element Type/Reference Presence Format Length
Message Type Message Type IE / 5.1 M V 1
Timing Advance Timing Advance IE / 5.2 M TV 2
Measurement Report Measurement Report IE / 5.12 O TLV 18
Enhanced Measurement Report Enhanced Measurement
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