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Xypoint^® Mobile Positioning Center

Location Server

The Xypoint^® Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) module in the Xypoint Location Platform (XLP) is a standards-based solution that routes location information from the wireless operator’s CDMA network to applications.

For CDMA networks, and depending on the network architecture implemented, the location server can return location information based on the subscriber’s position using “Control Plane” technology.

The Control Plane solution utilizes a Mobile Positioning Center (MPC.) The MPC leverages network-controlled methods of making location requests to a handset for its location data that does not require end-user activation (e.g., emergency services, fleet/field force management, family finder). The Control Plane MPC uses Signaling System 7 (SS7) or Signaling Transport (SIGTRAN) to communicate with the wireless network.

The MPC is therefore well suited to provide location services that do not require high precision, like weather and traffic services. Since the MPC supports both A-GPS and non A-GPS enabled devices, this solution does not have handset dependencies, but operators should ensure that their Mobile Switching Centers/Home Location Registers (MSC/HLRs) have Location Services functions enabled to the satisfy the MPC’s network dependencies.

TCS Xypoint® Location Platform (XLP) infrastructure modules are built to meet high availability guidelines:

• Network: All systems are connected to the Operator’s network in a fashion that allows for continued availability when network routes unexpectedly go offline.
• System: All systems are distributed across a series of redundant servers in an “all-hot” availability model, allowing for automatically routing requests to other system components when unexpected problems occur.
• Software: All components are redundant by design, allowing for automatic redistributing traffic to online systems.

This allows a single XLP site to be 99.99% available to operators. Additional sites can be installed and networked together to offer geo-redundancy options and increase availability to 99.999%.

TCS provides in-network and hosted LBS deployment. While the in-network option allows greater control, it requires a capital expenditure for requisite hardware and software as well as costs associated with operation, upkeep, and monitoring. By opting for TCS to host, operators remove the capital acquisition costs as well as the operational and logistical burdens associated with hardware and software purchase, installation, scalability, maintenance, and around-the-clock operations.