ETSI TS 129 171 V15.4.0 (2020-01)

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Location Services (LCS); LCS Application Protocol (LCS-AP) between the Mobile Management Entity (MME) and Evolved Serving Mobile Location Centre (E-SMLC); SLs interface (3GPP TS 29.171 version 15.4.0 Release 15)

RTS/TSGC-0429171vf40

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Jan-2020
• Technical Committee: 3GPP CT 4 - MAP/CAMEL/GTP/BCH/SS/TrFO/IMS/GUP/WLAN (formely CN4)
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Completion Date: 15-Jan-2020

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ETSI TS 129 171 V15.4.0 (2020-01)






TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM);
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Location Services (LCS);
LCS Application Protocol (LCS-AP)
between the Mobile Management Entity (MME)
and Evolved Serving Mobile Location Centre (E-SMLC);
SLs interface
(3GPP TS 29.171 version 15.4.0 Release 15)

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Reference
RTS/TSGC-0429171vf40
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 2
Legal Notice . 2
Modal verbs terminology . 2
Foreword . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
4 Functional Overview . 8
4.1 General . 8
5 LCS-AP Message Transport . 9
5.1 General . 9
5.2 Protocol Layering . 9
5.3 Usage of SCTP Associations . 10
6 LCS-AP Procedures . 10
6.1 General . 10
6.2 Procedures Applicable to LCS-AP . 10
6.2.1 Location Service Request . 10
6.2.1.1 General . 10
6.2.1.2 Successful Operation . 10
6.2.1.3 Unsuccessful Operation . 12
6.2.2 Location Information Exchange . 12
6.2.2.1 Connection Oriented Information Transfer . 12
6.2.2.1.1 General . 12
6.2.2.1.2 Successful Operation . 13
6.2.2.1.3 Abnormal Conditions . 13
6.2.2.2 Connectionless Information Transfer . 13
6.2.2.2.1 General . 13
6.2.2.2.2 Successful Operation . 14
6.2.2.2.3 Unsuccessful Operation . 14
6.2.2.2.4 Abnormal Conditions . 14
6.2.3 Ciphering Keys Delivery . 15
6.2.3.1 General . 15
6.2.3.2 Successful Operation . 15
6.2.3.3 Unsuccessful Operation . 15
6.3 Exception Procedures . 15
6.3.1 Location Abort . 15
6.3.1.1 General . 15
6.3.1.2 Normal Operation . 16
6.3.1.3 Abnormal Conditions . 16
6.3.2 Reset . 16
6.3.2.1 General . 16
6.3.2.2 Normal Operation . 16
6.3.2.3 Abnormal Conditions . 17
6.4 Error Handling . 17
6.4.1 Abnormal Conditions . 17
6.4.2 Overload . 17
7 LCS-AP Messages and Message Formats . 18
7.1 General . 18
7.2 Message Formats . 18
7.3 LCS-AP Messages . 18
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7.3.1 LCS-AP Location Request message . 18
7.3.2 LCS-AP Location Response message . 19
7.3.3 LCS-AP Location Abort Request message . 20
7.3.4 LCS-AP Connection Oriented Information message . 20
7.3.5 LCS-AP Connectionless Information message . 20
7.3.6 LCS-AP Reset Request message . 21
7.3.7 LCS-AP Reset Acknowledge message . 21
7.3.8 LCS-AP Ciphering Key Data message . 21
7.3.9 LCS-AP Ciphering Key Data Result message . 21
7.4 Information Elements . 22
7.4.1 General . 22
7.4.2 Message Type . 22
7.4.3 Location Type . 22
7.4.4 E-CGI . 22
7.4.5 LCS Client Type . 23
7.4.6 LCS Priority . 23
7.4.7 LCS QoS . 23
7.4.8 UE Positioning Capability . 24
7.4.9 Include Velocity . 24
7.4.10 IMSI . 24
7.4.11 IMEI. 25
7.4.12 Geographic Area . 26
7.4.13 Positioning Data . 28
7.4.14 Velocity Estimate . 32
7.4.15 Accuracy Fulfilment Indicator . 32
7.4.16 LCS Cause . 33
7.4.17 Payload Type . 34
7.4.18 APDU . 34
7.4.19 Network Element . 34
7.4.20 Return Error Request . 34
7.4.21 Return Error Cause . 34
7.4.22 Altitude and direction . 35
7.4.23 Geographical Coordinates . 35
7.4.24 Uncertainty Ellipse . 36
7.4.25 Horizontal Speed and Bearing . 36
7.4.26 Vertical Velocity . 36
7.4.27 PLMN Identity . 37
7.4.28 Correlation ID . 37
7.4.29 eNB ID . 38
7.4.30 LCS Service Type ID . 38
7.4.31 Cell Portion ID . 38
7.4.32 Civic Address. 38
7.4.33 Barometric Pressure . 39
7.4.34 RAT Type . 39
7.4.35 Coverage Level . 39
7.4.36 Ciphering Data . 39
7.4.37 Ciphering Data Ack . 40
7.4.38 Ciphering Data Error Report . 40
7.4.39 Ciphering Data Set . 40
7.4.40 Ciphering Data Error Report Contents. 44
7.4.41 High Accuracy Geographical Coordinates . 44
7.4.42 High Accuracy Uncertainty Ellipse . 45
7.4.43 High Accuracy Altitude . 45
7.5 Message and information element abstract syntax . 45
7.5.1 General . 45
7.5.2 Usage of protocol extension mechanism for non-standard use . 46
7.5.3 Elementary procedure definitions . 46
7.5.4 PDU definitions . 48
7.5.5 Information element definitions . 53
7.5.6 Common definitions . 61
7.5.7 Constant definitions . 62
7.5.8 Container Definitions . 63
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7.5.9 Message transfer syntax . 64
7.6 Handling of unknown, unforeseen and erroneous protocol data . 65
8 LCS-AP Timers . 65
8.1 General . 65
8.2 Timers of LCS-AP. 65
Annex A (informative): Change history . 66
History . 67

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Foreword
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1 Scope
The present document specifies the procedures and information coding for LCS Application Protocol (LCS-AP) that is
needed to support the location services in E-UTRAN. The LCS-AP message set is applicable to the SLs interface
between the E-SMLC and the MME. LCS-AP is developed in accordance to the general principles stated in 3GPP TS
23.271 [3].
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 36.305: "Stage 2 functional specification of User Equipment (UE) positioning in E-
UTRAN".
[3] 3GPP TS 23.271: "Functional stage 2 description of Location Services (LCS)".
[4] IETF RFC 4960: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol".
[5] TIA/EIA/IS-J-STD-036 (2000): "Wireless Enhanced Emergency Services".
[6] 3GPP TS 23.032: "Universal Geographical Area Description (GAD)".
[7] 3GPP TS 36.413: "S1 Application Protocol (S1AP)".
[8] ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (07/2002): "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation
One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation".
[9] ITU-T Recommendation X.681 (07/2002): "Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation
One (ASN.1): Information object specification".
[10] 3GPP TS 22.071: "Location Services (LCS); Service Description; Stage1".
[11] 3GPP TS 23.003: "Numbering, addressing and identification".
[12] ITU-T Recommendation X.691 (07/2002): "Information Technology - ASN.1 encoding rules -
Specification of Packed Encoding Rules (PER)".
[13] IETF RFC 4119: "A Presence-based GEOPRIV Location Object Format".
[14] IETF RFC 5139: "Revised Civic Location Format for Presence Information Data Format Location
Object".
[15] IETF RFC 6848: "Specifying Civic Address Extensions in the Presence Information Data Format
Location Object (PIDF-LO)".
[16] IETF RFC 5905: "Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification".
[17] 3GPP TS 24.301: "Non-Access-Stratum (NAS) protocol for Evolved Packet System (EPS); Stage
3".
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3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the terms and definitions given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. A
term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in TR 21.905 [1].
Elementary Procedure: LCS-AP protocol consists of Elementary Procedures (EPs). An LCS-AP Elementary
Procedure is a unit of interaction between the MME and the E-SMLC. An EP consists of an initiating message and
possibly a response message. Two kinds of EPs are used:
- Class 1: Elementary Procedures with response (success or failure),
- Class 2: Elementary Procedures without response.

3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. An
abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in
TR 21.905 [1].
CID Cell-ID (positioning method)
E-CID Enhanced Cell-ID (positioning method)
E-SMLC Enhanced Serving Mobile Location Centre
E-UTRAN Envolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS Global Positioning System
LCS LoCation Services
LCS-AP LCS Application Protocol
LPP LTE Positioning Protocol
LPPa LTE Positioning Protocol Annex
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