Patent ID: 9042886
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of requesting registration of stationary user equipment, being stationary with respect to a predefined limited geographic area, in a cellular telecommunication system, the system comprising at least one support node for providing communication services to a plurality of users comprising mobile and stationary user equipment, each user equipment having a unique equipment identity, the method comprising: receiving, by a support node, a registration request of user equipment, the registration request comprising equipment identity and location information associated with the user equipment; determining, by the support node, that the user equipment is identified as stationary user equipment; determining, by the support node, whether the stationary user equipment has left the predefined limited geographic area based on comparing, by the support node, the received location information and equipment identity of stationary user equipment with location information and equipment identity of stationary user equipment stored in the telecommunication system; in response to the support node determining, based on the comparing, that the stationary user equipment has left the predefined limited geographic area, the support node rejecting the registration request; in response to the support node determining, based on the comparing, that the stationary user equipment has not left the predefined limited geographic area, the support node accepting the registration request.