Network Location Manager Overview

Purpose

The Network Location Manager is used by the Location Server. It communicates with the Network Gateway to obtain a position from the network.

Required background

The reader should be familiar with the LBS architecture.

Key concepts and terms

There are no additional concepts for this component.

Architecture

The Network Location Manager is a process that runs as part of the LBS subsystem.

The Location Server sends requests for location to the Network Location Manager when the position quality criteria required by MO-LR (self locate) can best be satisfied by the network. The Network Location Manager interacts with the Network Gateway to obtain a location from the network.

Figure 1. Figure 1. Network Location Manager.

APIs

The Network Location Manager is an internal component of the LBS subsystem. It does not expose any published APIs.

Typical uses

The Network Location Manager is only used internally by the LBS subsystem.