REGISTRATION AREA DETERMINING METHOD AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY
First Claim
1. A registration area determining method, comprising:
- determining, by a mobility management entity, that both duration in which user equipment does not access a basic registration area in a registration area of the user equipment and duration in which the user equipment does not initiate a periodic basic registration area update procedure are greater than or equal to preset duration;
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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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a registration area determining method, to reduce overheads for sending paging signaling to user equipment. The method in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: determining, by a mobility management entity, that both duration in which user equipment does not access a basic registration area in a registration area of the user equipment and duration in which the user equipment does not initiate a periodic basic registration area update procedure are greater than or equal to preset duration; generating, by the mobility management entity, a new registration area for the user equipment, where the new registration area does not include the basic registration area; and sending, by the mobility management entity, the new registration area to the user equipment. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a mobility management entity, to reduce the overheads for sending paging signaling to the user equipment.
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12 Claims
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1. A registration area determining method, comprising:
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determining, by a mobility management entity, that both duration in which user equipment does not access a basic registration area in a registration area of the user equipment and duration in which the user equipment does not initiate a periodic basic registration area update procedure are greater than or equal to preset duration; 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobility management entity, comprising:
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a processing unit, configured to;
determine that both duration in which user equipment does not access a basic registration area in a registration area of the user equipment and duration in which the user equipment does not initiate a periodic basic registration area update procedure are greater than or equal to preset duration, and generate a new registration area for the user equipment, wherein the new registration area does not comprise the basic registration area; anda sending unit, configured to send the new registration area to the user equipment. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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