Patent ID: 11871295
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method performed by an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a base station, a location report request for a terminal; and
based on the location report request for the terminal, receiving, from the base station, a first location report for the terminal which is in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state including last known location information of the terminal identified by the base station and a time stamp associated with the last known location information of the terminal or a second location report for the terminal which is in the RRC inactive state including information on a location of the terminal, the location of the terminal being determined based on a radio access network (RAN) paging performed for the terminal which is in the RRC inactive state,
wherein a state of the terminal in the AMF entity is a connected state while the terminal is in the RRC inactive state, and reachability of the terminal in the RRC inactive state is managed by the base station based on an area configured for the RAN paging,
wherein the information on the location of the terminal includes an identity of a cell for the terminal, and
wherein the last known location information of the terminal includes an identity of a cell for the terminal.