Patent ID: 8417236
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a tracking area identity list to a user equipment device in a network, comprising: recording, at a mobility management entity, a mobility number, wherein the mobility number is indicative of a number of times a tracking area identity has changed for the user equipment device during a period of time; recording, at the mobility management entity, a paging number, wherein the paging number is indicative of a number of times the user equipment device is paged during a second period of time; classifying the user equipment device into one of at least three categories based on the recorded mobility number and the recorded paging number, wherein the at least three categories include: a first category associated with higher mobility numbers and higher paging numbers compared to respective mobility numbers and paging numbers associated with one of the at least three categories, a second category associated with lower mobility numbers compared to mobility numbers associated with one of the at least three categories, and a third category associated with higher mobility numbers or lower paging numbers compared to respective mobility numbers or paging numbers associated with one of the at least three categories; generating the tracking area identity list for the user equipment device based on its category; and sending the generated tracking area identity list to the user equipment device.