Patent ID: 9143918
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for improving Network Discovery and Selection suitable for a User Endpoint (UE), which is moving into a new Tracking Area (TA), comprising: receiving, by a Mobility Policy Function (MPF), a new TA List from the UE, wherein the new TA list is a list of a plurality of TAs allocated to the UE by a Mobility Management Function (MMF); and updating the mobility policy of the UE if the new TA is a special TA covered by different networks wherein the process of updating the mobility policy of the UE if the new TA is the special TA covered by the different networks comprises: checking if there is a common TA in a special TA list table stored in the MPF and the new TA List; sending a updated mobility policy to the UE, if there is the common TA in the special TA list table and the new TA List.