Location CapabilitiesģGPP-compliant location platforms are designed to locate one subscriber at a time, with the primary use-case being E911/E112.

With this understanding, the Standards bodies are also working to future proof the specifications by creating placeholders to incorporate these precise methods. However, due to the commercial and public safety demands for even more precise location information, new positioning methods are constantly being developed. Almost everyone uses navigation apps on smart phones, or commercial applications such as Uber, which rely on location. Now service businesses such as Uber or Doordash exist because of the advancements of Assisted Global Navigation Satellite Systems (A-GNSS) and Wi-Fi location. These drivers have pushed location-based services (LBS) and the location technology in smartphones to evolve at a very rapid pace over the last decade. The most important of these are the regulatory requirements for emergency services such as E911, and also because of revenue generating applications that require location technology. Evolution of Location TechnologyĪs the 3GPP Standards evolved to 3G, then 4G, and now 5G, location has become an integral part of the mobile network protocols, as many applications need location information. But because it was an extension of an existing Standard, it was severely limited. The 3GPP TS 04.31 protocol was developed to fulfill the Wireless Enhanced 911 requirements in the United States. It was not until seven years later that the Radio Resource Location Protocol (RRLP) specification was released.

However, there was no built-in location capability. The first Global System for Mobile (GSM) network was launched in Finland in 1991 and ushered in a new era of cellular communications. Having location capabilities in a mobile network was originally an afterthought.

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