Patent ID: 9247420
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing a User Equipment (UE) capability information by a Mobility Management Entity (MME) and a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a first status indication related to a UE capability information from the base station, the first status indication including a value tag corresponding to the UE capability information; determining the UE capability information stored in the MME is the latest UE capability information and transmitting the latest UE capability information to the base station if a value tag stored in the MME and corresponding to the UE capability information is equal to the value tag in the received first status indication; and determining the UE capability information stored in the MME is not the latest UE capability information and transmitting a request message to the base station for obtaining the latest UE capability information from the UE if the value tag stored in the MME and corresponding to the UE capability information is not equal to the value tag in the first status indication.