</title> <image href="GUID-358634A7-8757-5D4C-B967-8040B7F39102_d0e440215_href.png" placement="inline"/></fig> </section> <section id="GUID-91E11F62-8E74-5803-B1C3-3C087B164684"><title>Description</title> <p>The three main functions provided by this collection are as follows: </p> <ul><li id="GUID-77874ED0-3FBC-5E50-9756-037CF4D15706"><p>Location management. </p> <p>The A-GPS Location Manager and the Network Location Manager provide location management functions. </p> </li> <li id="GUID-399A4D45-4F7B-5A8D-86C5-59FBF4805E38"><p>Network connectivity. </p> <p>The Network Gateway provides network connectivity to the LBS subsystem. </p> </li> <li id="GUID-3B322B9D-1DA4-5FC2-922E-864D0DBA90C7"><p>Shared data types and library functions that are used throughout the LBS subsystem. </p> <p>The Location Admin component contains these data types and libraries. </p> </li> </ul> </section> <section id="GUID-0ECD0C29-81C9-5B92-8D2A-2458D323D0D6"><title>Components</title> <p>The Location Management collection contains the following components: </p> <ul><li id="GUID-4BE5542B-F98A-5572-B001-AAB6DAE70495"><p> <xref href="GUID-AB397519-AE26-5DBC-8D00-1961E2E0F734.dita">A-GPS Location Manager</xref>  </p> <p>The A-GPS Location Manager handles location requests from the Location Sever and the Network Request Handler that require the use of GPS. It loads an ECom plug-in that implements the <xref href="GUID-8F2BA0D3-1549-5837-A105-3AB484CDB80B.dita">A-GPS Location Data Source API</xref>, such as the <xref href="GUID-B66A425F-3C65-5BF5-ADA2-E25EB7267681.dita">A-GPS Integration Module</xref> of the Data Source Modules collection. </p> </li> <li id="GUID-22869B87-4227-52CE-826E-BD607A171CA0"><p> <xref href="GUID-EE927F50-C1E0-55D9-AFC8-77CEB5617BEF.dita">Network Location Manager</xref>  </p> <p>The Network Location Manager handles location requests from the Location Server that require the use of network based positioning methods, such as Cell ID and Enhanced Cell ID. </p> </li> <li id="GUID-05E46597-7747-55F5-B7CD-26B9EFC14423"><p> <xref href="GUID-C69E4379-F62A-5791-975C-9F3A60D3C6D7.dita">Network Gateway</xref>  </p> <p>The Network Gateway is the interface between the LBS subsystem and a network. It sends and receives location based services privacy and location requests. </p> <p>The Network Gateway must load at least one Protocol Module. The Network Gateway loads a Protocol Module from the <xref href="GUID-01C03839-C88B-5FC3-9E0E-686415888B63.dita">Network Adaptation</xref> collection (or a Protocol Module developed by a device creator) to support a specific network protocol. </p> </li> <li id="GUID-8DEB2C1C-E784-5F16-BD69-362C79615BFF"><p> <xref href="GUID-45980E0C-4DA4-5AC1-8721-490442DA7F3C.dita">Location Admin</xref>  </p> <p>The Location Admin component contains several important libraries that are used by different components of the LBS subsystem and by client applications. </p> </li> </ul> </section> <section id="GUID-2462B3F0-6697-5E93-9284-5DCF5D1BE788"><title>Using the Location Management collection</title> <p>The A-GPS Location Manager and Network Location Manager are components used internally by the LBS subsystem. Application programmers and device creators have no direct interaction with these components. </p> <p>A device creator must install and configure a Protocol Module to allow the Network Gateway to process privacy requests and (optionally) location requests. Symbian provides two Protocol Modules that device creators can use in their products. See <xref href="GUID-01C03839-C88B-5FC3-9E0E-686415888B63.dita">Network Adaptation</xref> for more information about these Protocol Modules. Alternatively, a device creator can implement their own Protocol Module by implementing the <xref href="GUID-8985B028-4BCD-5858-B22F-EECC52B7B9EB.dita">Network Protocol Module API</xref>. </p> <p>The Location Admin component contains a set of loosely related interfaces and data types that are used by many components of the LBS subsystem. See <xref href="GUID-45980E0C-4DA4-5AC1-8721-490442DA7F3C.dita">Location Admin</xref> for more information about the APIs provided by this component. </p> </section> </conbody><related-links><link href="GUID-45980E0C-4DA4-5AC1-8721-490442DA7F3C.dita"><linktext>Location Admin</linktext> </link> <link href="GUID-AB397519-AE26-5DBC-8D00-1961E2E0F734.dita"><linktext>A-GPS