Telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method for registering a mobile terminal with a cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- transmitting a signal including a temporary identifier, which is unique to a mobile terminal when combined with a location area identifier that identifies a cell for which the temporary identifier was allocated;
transmitting an indication of whether the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration based on an extended area of coverage of the cellular telecommunication network that has a plurality of location areas and a plurality of extended areas of coverage where each extended area is represented by a list of a subset of cells on one or more of the location areas that are of a different bearer technology than other cells on the one or more of the location areas; and
if the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration, performing location registration based on one of a plurality of extended areas of coverage of a cellular telecommunication network, andwherein the mobile terminal uses information about a given one of the location areas to connect to the network.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for registering a mobile terminal with a cellular telecommunications network, the network having a plurality of location areas and a plurality of extended areas of coverage, each extended area being represented by a list of a subset of cells on one or more the location areas, and the mobile terminal using information about a given one of the location areas to connect to the network. The method comprises transmitting a signal including a temporary identifier, which is unique to the mobile terminal when combined with the location area identifier that identifies the cell in which the temporary identifier was allocated a temporary identifier; transmitting an indication of whether the mobile terminal supports location registration based on extended areas (“soft location registration”); and if soft location registration is supported, performing location registration based on the extended area between the mobile terminal and the network. The above method is compatible with existing deployments of 2G and 3 G networks in both packet switched (PS) and circuit switched (CS) domains.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for registering a mobile terminal with a cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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transmitting a signal including a temporary identifier, which is unique to a mobile terminal when combined with a location area identifier that identifies a cell for which the temporary identifier was allocated; transmitting an indication of whether the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration based on an extended area of coverage of the cellular telecommunication network that has a plurality of location areas and a plurality of extended areas of coverage where each extended area is represented by a list of a subset of cells on one or more of the location areas that are of a different bearer technology than other cells on the one or more of the location areas; and if the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration, performing location registration based on one of a plurality of extended areas of coverage of a cellular telecommunication network, and wherein the mobile terminal uses information about a given one of the location areas to connect to the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for registering a mobile terminal with a cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of location areas and a plurality of extended areas of coverage, each extended area being represented by a list of a subset of cells on one or more of the location areas, the mobile terminal using information about a given one of the location areas to connect to the cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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storing an indication of an extended area among the plurality of extended areas that was most-recently visited by the mobile terminal; transmitting a signal including a temporary identifier, which is unique to the mobile terminal when combined with a location area identifier that identifies a cell for which the temporary identifier was allocated; transmitting an indication of whether the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration; and if the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration, performing location registration based on one of the plurality of extended areas of coverage of the cellular telecommunications network during which the indication of the extended area that was most-recently visited by the mobile terminal is transmitted to the cellular telecommunications network, and wherein each extended area is represented by the cells on the list of the subset of cells on the one or more of the location areas that represents each extended area are of a different bearer technology than other cells on the one or more of the location areas. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for registering a mobile terminal with a cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network having a plurality of location areas and a plurality of extended areas of coverage, each extended area being represented by a list of a subset of cells on one or more of the location areas, the mobile terminal using information about a given one of the location areas to connect to the cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising:
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storing an indication of a respective amount of time spent by the mobile terminal in each of one or more extended areas among the plurality of extended areas that were most-recently visited by the mobile terminal; transmitting a signal including a temporary identifier, which is unique to the mobile terminal when combined with a location area identifier that identifies a cell for which the temporary identifier was allocated; transmitting an indication of whether the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration; and if the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration, performing location registration based on one of the plurality of extended areas of coverage of the cellular telecommunications network during which the indication of the respective amount of time spent by the mobile terminal in each of the one or more extended areas that were most-recently visited by the mobile terminal is transmitted to the cellular telecommunications network, and wherein each extended area is represented by the cells on the list of the subset of cells on the one or more of the location areas that represents each extended area are of a different bearer technology than other cells on the one or more of the location areas. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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