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Apparatus, and associated method, for updating a location register in a mobile, packet radio communication system

  • US 6,675,014 B1
  • Filed: 10/15/1999
  • Issued: 01/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for updating a location register with an updated position of a mobile station operable in a packet radio communication system operable to communicate real-time-protocol-formatted data, the packet radio communication system defining a first location area formed of a first set of cells and at least a second location area formed of at least a second set of cells the first and at least second location areas, respectively, separated by a location boundary, said method comprising:

  • determining in the mobile station when a request to update the location register should be initiated;

    generating an RAS-protocol (registration admission status-protocol-formatted) request to update the location register with the updated position of the mobile station responsive to a determination made during said operation of determining that the request to update should be initiated;

    determining whether to grant the update request;

    selectably updating the location register with the updated position of the mobile station responsive to the RAS-protocol-formatted request generated during said operation of generating; and

    confirming, the updating of the location register, with an RAS-protocol-formatted confirmation message, if the location register is updated.

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