Positioning a subscriber terminal in a packet-switched mobile telephone network

A system for positioning a subscriber terminal in a packet-switched mobile telephone network comprising:

• a core network element, base stations, a base station controller controlling the base stations, and a mobile terminal of the mobile telephone network, wherein connections in the mobile telephone network are configured as packet-switched connections,
• wherein the system comprises:
• a location unit for determining the position of the terminal, functionally connected with the a network element of the mobile telephone network, wherein a connection between the network element and the location unit is configured as a circuit-switched connection, and wherein the network element comprises:
• both circuit-switched and packet-switched functionality for processing circuit-switched and, respectively, packet-switched messages,
• the network element being arranged to establish an association between the circuit-switched and the packet-switched functionality for the transmission of data related to a specific positioning between the packet-switched and the circuit-switched functionality.

A network element of a packet-switched mobile communications system wherein

• the network element is arranged to implement circuit-switched functionality for processing circuit-switched messages and packet-switched functionality for the processing of packet-switched messages;
• and wherein
• the network element is arranged to establish an association between the circuit-switched and the packet-switched functionality for the transmission of data related to a specific positioning between the packet-switched and the circuit-switched functionality;
• and wherein
• the network element is arranged for circuit-switched communication with a location unit.