ALLOCATING METHOD OF MOVING AREA LIST OF USER EQUIPMENT AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A method for allocating a new Tracking Area List for a User Equipment, comprising:
- receiving a designated Tracking Area Identity from the User Equipment;
obtaining history information when an old Tracking Area List is allocated from an old Mobility Management Entity allocating the old Tracking Area List; and
allocating a new Tracking Area List for the User Equipment according to the obtained history information and the received designated Tracking Area Identity.
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Abstract
A method of allocating the moving area list of user equipment which relating to wireless communication technology. Interacting signaling between network and UE is reduced. The utilization efficiency of network resource is enhanced. The method includes, receiving the area ID which is pre-defined from UE, acquiring the history information of the last allocated moving area list from the mobility management entity (MME) which allocated the last moving area list, allocating new moving area list according to the history information and the received area ID. Accordingly, a MME and UE are disclosed.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for allocating a new Tracking Area List for a User Equipment, comprising:
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receiving a designated Tracking Area Identity from the User Equipment; obtaining history information when an old Tracking Area List is allocated from an old Mobility Management Entity allocating the old Tracking Area List; and allocating a new Tracking Area List for the User Equipment according to the obtained history information and the received designated Tracking Area Identity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A Mobility Management Entity, comprising:
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a Tracking Area Identity receiving unit adapted to receive a designated Tracking Area Identity from a User Equipment; a history information obtaining unit adapted to obtain history information when the old Tracking Area List is allocated from the old Mobility Management Entity allocating the old Tracking Area List; and a Tracking Area List allocating unit adapted to allocate a new Tracking Area List for the User Equipment according to the obtained history information and the received designated Tracking Area Identity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. (canceled)
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19. A User Equipment comprising:
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a receiving unit, which is adapted to receive a Tracking Area Identity of the Tracking Area where the User Equipment is currently located, and receive a Tracking Area List allocated by a Mobility Management Entity; a Tracking Area List information storage and update unit, which is adapted to store and update the Tracking Area List allocated by the Mobility Management Entity according to the Tracking Area List received by the receiving unit; a Tracking Area Identity storage and update unit, which is adapted to store and update a Tracking Area Identity of the Tracking Area where the User Equipment is currently located according to each Tracking Area Identity received by the receiving unit, during the movement of the User Equipment within Tracking Areas having identities within the old Tracking Area List; and a sending unit, which is adapted to send to the Mobility Management Entity the Tracking Area Identity stored and updated by the Tracking Area Identity storage and update unit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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