Patent ID: 11956691
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first network element, a second cell identifier from the terminal device;
sending, by the first network element, the second cell identifier to the first mobility management network element;
receiving, by the first network element from the first mobility management network element, a first tracking area (TA) list allocated by the first mobility management network element to the terminal device, wherein:
the first TA list comprises the second cell identifier and the first cell identifier; or
the first TA list comprises the second cell identifier; and

sending, by the first network element, the first TA list to the terminal device, wherein the first TA list is used to identify a location area in which the terminal device registers.