Localization Configuration to Make Location Information Available in User Equipment

A method of generating location information in a terminal device operative in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• receiving from a first network node a location configuration message;
• preparing location information;
• and
• refraining from causing transmission of the location information to the first network node.

A terminal device operative in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• radio circuitry operative to communicate with wireless communication network nodes, and configured to receive a location configuration message from a first network node;
• memory;
• and
• a processing unit configured to prepare location information but refrain from causing transmission of the location information in return to the first network node.

An apparatus operative as a first network node in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• communication circuitry operative to communicate with a terminal device via the wireless communication network, and;
• memory;
• and
• a processing unit configured to cause the communication circuitry to send to the terminal device a location configuration message operative to cause the terminal device to prepare location information but refrain from transmitting the location information to the first network node.

An apparatus operative as a second network node in a wireless communication network, comprising:

• communication circuitry operative to communicate with a first network node in the wireless communication network;
• memory;
• and
• a processing unit configured to cause the communication circuitry to send a location request message to the first network node, the location request message being operative to cause the first network node to send to the terminal device a location configuration message operative to cause the terminal device to prepare location information but refrain from transmitting the location information to the first network node.

A non-transient, computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when loaded and executed by a processor in a terminal device operative in a wireless communication network, cause the processor to

• receive from a first network node a location configuration message;
• prepare location information;
• and
• refrain from transmitting the location information to the first network node.