Lawful Intercept (LI) for Vehicles Using Cameras Installed/Mounted on Connected and/or Autonomous Vehicles Using Their any G (2G/3G/4G/5G) Connectivity

A method for providing Lawful Intercept (LI) for vehicles, the method comprising:

• providing, to a lawful intercept (LI) server in a telecommunications network, a listing of at least one vehicle number of a vehicle being tracked;
• receiving, at least one autonomous vehicle, the listing of the at least one vehicle number;
• determining, with a camera of the at least one autonomous vehicle, a vehicle number of a vehicle encountered by the autonomous vehicle;
• comparing, at the at least one autonomous vehicle, the vehicle number of the vehicle encountered by the autonomous vehicle to the listing of the at least one vehicle number of the vehicle being tracked;
• and
• reporting, when the vehicle number of the vehicle encountered by the autonomous vehicle matches the vehicle number of the vehicle being tracked, an indication of the location of the vehicle being tracked,
• wherein reporting the location of the vehicle being tracked further comprises providing a User Location Information (ULI) Information Element (IE) corresponding to a base station where the vehicle being tracked was encountered by the autonomous vehicle, and
• wherein the ULI is configured to include at least one of an EUTRAN cell global identifier (ECGI), a cell global identifier (CGI), a service area identifier (SAI), a routing area identifier (RAI), a tracking area identifier (TAI), and a location area identifier (LAI).