Hybrid long term evolution/cellular internet of things location based service

Abstract

An enhanced location based service for hybrid long term evolution (LTE) and/or Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT) network is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving, from a user equipment device, via a radio access technology, a first message representative of a request for measurement gap information for a location based service; determining a location of the user equipment device based on a serving cell location of a serving cell device that services the user equipment device; and transmitting, to the user equipment device, a second message comprising data representative of the measurement gap information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving, from a user equipment via first serving cell equipment, a request for measurement gap data for a location based service; 
 determining, based on a first location associated with the first serving cell equipment, a second location associated with the user equipment; 
 based on the second location, determining a probability value associated with a likelihood that the user equipment is going to receive a signal of a group of signals at the second location; 
 based on a group of frequency bands available at the second location, determining a frequency band of the group of frequency bands to be used by the user equipment to scan for a pilot signal emitted from second serving cell equipment located at the second location; and 
 responsive to the request, sending the measurement gap data to the first serving cell equipment. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise causing, via the first serving equipment, the user equipment to perform inter-band frequency scanning for the pilot signal emitted from the second serving cell equipment. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the user equipment performs the inter-band frequency scanning for the pilot signal at defined measurement gap intervals. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise, based on a group of different radio access technologies implemented by the second serving equipment located at the second location, determining a radio access technology of the group of different radio access technologies to be used by the user equipment to scan for an inter-technology pilot signal emitted from the second serving cell equipment. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the user equipment performs inter-technology scanning for the inter-technology pilot signal at defined measurement gap intervals. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the inter-technology pilot signal is generated based on a narrow band long term evolution protocol. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the inter-technology pilot signal is generated based on a long term evolution machine protocol. 
     
     
         8 . A method, comprising:
 receiving, by a device comprising a processor, a request for measurement gap data for a location based service, wherein the request for the measurement gap data was sent by a user equipment via first serving cell equipment;   determining, by the device, based on a first location associated with the first serving cell equipment, a second location associated with the user equipment;   based on the second location, determining, by the device, a probability value associated with a likelihood that the user equipment will successfully receive a signal of a group of signals at the second location;   based on a group of frequency bands available at the second location, determining, by the device, a frequency band of the group of frequency bands to be used by the user equipment to scan for a pilot signal emitted from second serving cell equipment located at the second location; and   sending, by the device, the measurement gap data to the first serving cell equipment.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the device, the first location associated with the first serving cell equipment based on multi-band network topology data received from core equipment. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the device, the second location associated with the second serving cell equipment based on multi-band network topology data received from core equipment. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the device, the first location associated with the first serving cell equipment based on multi-technology network topology data received from core equipment. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising determining, by the device, the second location associated with the second serving cell equipment based on multi-technology network topology data received from core equipment. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising receiving, by the device, multi-technology network topology data from a long term evolution element management equipment. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the first serving cell equipment causes the user equipment to perform, at a defined time periodicity, inter-band frequency scanning for the pilot signal emitted from the second serving cell equipment. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 receiving a request for measurement gap data for a location based service, comprising receiving the request for the measurement gap data from a user equipment via first serving cell equipment;   determining, based on a first location associated with the first serving cell equipment, a second location associated with the user equipment;   based on the second location, determining a probability value associated with a likelihood that the user equipment is going to receive a signal of a group of signals at the second location;   based on a group of frequency bands available at the second location, determining a frequency band of the group of frequency bands to be used by the user equipment to scan for a pilot signal emitted from second serving cell equipment located at the second location; and   transmitting the measurement gap data to the first serving cell equipment.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise: based on a group of diverse radio access technologies implemented by the second serving equipment located at the second location, determining a radio access technology of the group of diverse radio access technologies to be used by the user equipment to scan for an inter-technology pilot signal emitted from the second serving cell equipment. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the user equipment performs inter-technology scanning for the inter-technology pilot signal at defined measurement gap intervals. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the second serving cell equipment implements a communication protocol that permits a maximum coupling loss that exceeds 140 decibels. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the second serving cell equipment implements a communication protocol that enables a maximum coupling loss that is at least 164 decibels. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the second serving cell equipment implements a communication protocol that allows a maximum coupling loss that is at least 156 decibels.