Systems and methods for 5G location support using service based interfaces

A first location server for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) comprising:

• an external interface for receiving and sending messages to entities in a network;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the external interface, the at least one processor configured to receive a location service request for the UE, wherein the location service request comprises a message for one of a Mobile Terminated Location Request (MT-LR), a Mobile Originated Location Request (MO-LR), a Network Induced Location Request (NI-LR), or a periodic and triggered MT-LR, communicate with at least one other first entity to obtain location information for the UE measured by the at least one other first entity, wherein the communication between the first location server and the at least one other first entity is transferred via a second entity;
• and determine a location for the UE based on the location information;
• wherein the first location server is configured to use service based interfaces (SBIs), which expose a service to other network functions, and service operations to receive the location service request and to communicate with the at least one other first entity via the second entity, and wherein the SBIs are configured to use HTTP protocols to communicate the service operations.

A first location server for supporting location services for a user equipment (UE) comprising:

• means for receiving by a first location server a location service request for the UE, wherein the location service request comprises a message for one of a Mobile Terminated Location Request (MT-LR), a Mobile Originated Location Request (MO-LR), a Network Induced Location Request (NI-LR), or a periodic and triggered MT-LR;
• means for communicating between the first location server and at least one other first entity to obtain location information for the UE measured by the at least one other first entity, wherein the communication between the first location server and the at least one other first entity is transferred via a second entity;
• and
• means for determining a location for the UE based on the location information;
• wherein the first location server uses service based interfaces (SBIs), which expose a service to other network functions, and service operations to receive the location service request and to communicate with the at least one other first entity via the second entity, and wherein the SBIs are configured to use HTTP protocols to communicate the service operations.