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Registration area determining method and mobility management entity

  • US 10,091,639 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2017
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A registration area determining method, comprising:

  • determining, by a mobility management entity, that both a duration in which a user equipment does not access a basic registration area in a registration area of the user equipment and a duration in which the user equipment does not initiate a periodic basic registration area update procedure are greater than or equal to a preset duration when the mobility management entity does not receive, in a preset duration starting from a time when the mobility management entity allocates the registration area to the user equipment, a signaling message sent by the user equipment in the basic registration area or a periodic basic registration area update request message sent by the user equipment;

    generating, by the mobility management entity, a new registration area for the user equipment, wherein the new registration area does not comprise the basic registration area; and

    sending, by the mobility management entity, the new registration area to the user equipment.

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