Patent ID: 8565795
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for allocating a tracking area (TA) list to a User Equipment (UE) which is performed by a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in an Evolved Packet System (EPS), the method comprising: determining, by the MME in the EPS, a TA currently visited by the UE; and allocating, by the MME in the EPS, a TA list to the UE based on a preset parameter and according to a history record that defines a motion trace of sample UEs located in the TA currently visited by the UE, wherein the preset parameter comprises at least one of: an upper threshold of a number of TAs in the TA list, or a threshold of a sum of probabilities of the sample UEs moving from the currently visited TA to adjacent TAs in the TA list.