Patent ID: 8965368
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for changing a location area allocated to a current terminal attached to equipment belonging to a first location area of a communication network, said equipment furthermore belonging to at least one second location area of said communication network, said first area and said at least one second area being able to overlap one another, wherein the method comprises the following steps implemented by said equipment: a step of broadcasting, via a broadcast channel, an identifier of said first location area and an additional location datum including at least one identifier of said at least one second location area; a step of selection, for said current terminal, from the first and said at least one second location area, of a current location area, according to said additional location datum and at least one predetermined selection parameter, which is a function of said communication network and not of said current terminal and belongs to the group consisting of: a time of day; a load level of the equipment that makes up the communication network; and a type of said equipment having effected a transition to standby mode of the current terminal; and a step of transmission of a control message to said current terminal including an identifier of said current location area.