15/6  SUPL - Secure User Plane Location for A-GPS

Category: Location-based Services    By editor at 22:34
Where are we with SUPL?


PS:
Control Plane = too expensive and "pushy"
Uses the Circuit Switched network (TCH) for assistance data and communication
Requires updates to several network elements to handle all of the standard protocols
Supports legacy terminals (excepting AGPS)
Supports location of emergency calls
User Plane = the commercially viable pull option
Uses the Packet Switched network (TCP/IP) capability to bypass the Switched Circuit infrastructure
Modification of network not required
Cannot locate legacy terminals
Does not support location of emergency calls

See
Dueling Architectures: User Plane, Control Plane (PDF)





Comments

Jo - johannes.x [at] google.com
2007-05-30 14:43:04

SUPL will only work when a phone can establish a IP data connection. This may not always be the case, e.g. in roaming.

People will expect that the fix will work when they call 911, without thinking about what connectivity they may have.

Control plane will help there.

crsky - xiaotian.yan [at] gmail.com - http://www.gpsign.com
2007-10-26 13:11:19

why is user plane not capable of handling E911 call?
one can use GPRS over IP for position fix.


Kris Kolodziej - kris [at] spime.com - http://www.spime.com
2008-01-19 03:07:02

Spime Inc is the only independent SUPL client (PositionOne) provider to GPS chip manufactures. PositionOne is already integrated with leading GPS chip manufacturers and is the solution of choice by handset manufacturers and carriers for offering next generation of LBS apps.

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