Patent ID: 9596626
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A terminal (UE (User Equipment)) used in a mobile communication system, comprising: a unit that supports access to a base station (eNB) and a 2G/3G radio control device; a unit that performs handover procedure from an LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless area to a 3G wireless area or a 2G wireless area; and a unit that receives, if the handover procedure is ongoing when an MME receives a paging request message over an SGs interface between the MME and an MSC/VLR (Mobile Switching Center/Visitor Location Register), and hence the MME discards the paging request message and performs no further action, the paging request message retransmitted by the MSC/VLR from the base station.