Location of a mobile device with 5G wireless access using SUPL

A Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (SLP) for supporting location of a User Equipment (UE) using a SUPL session over a secure data connection, the SUPL comprising:

• a transceiver;
• a memory;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• establish, via the transceiver, the secure data connection between the SLP and the UE via a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) serving cell of the UE;
• receive, via the transceiver, a SUPL message from the UE as part of the SUPL session, the SUPL message comprising a Location ID (LID) parameter having a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Cell Information data field, wherein cell data comprising information regarding the 5G NR serving cell of the UE is included in the LTE Cell Information data field;
• and
• determine a location of the UE based at least in part on the cell data.

An apparatus for supporting location of a User Equipment (UE) using a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) session over a secure data connection, the apparatus comprising:

• means for establishing the secure data connection between a SUPL Location Platform (SLP) and the UE via a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) serving cell of the UE;
• means for receiving a SUPL message from the UE as part of the SUPL session, the SUPL message comprising a Location ID (LID) parameter having a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Cell Information data field, wherein cell data comprising information regarding the 5G NR serving cell of the UE is included in the LTE Cell Information data field of the LID parameter of the SUPL message;
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• means for determining a location of the UE based at least in part on the cell data.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for supporting location of a User Equipment (UE) using a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) session over a secure data connection, the instructions comprising code for:

• establishing the secure data connection between a SUPL Location Platform (SLP) and the UE via a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) serving cell of the UE;
• receiving a SUPL message from the UE as part of the SUPL session, the SUPL message comprising a Location ID (LID) parameter having a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Cell Information data field, wherein cell data comprising information regarding the 5G NR serving cell of the UE is included in the LTE Cell Information data field of the LID parameter of the SUPL message;
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• determining a location of the UE based at least in part on the cell data.