Patent ID: 6675014
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for updating a location register with an updated position of a mobile station operable in a packet radio communication system operable to communicate real-time-protocol-formatted data, the packet radio communication system defining a first location area formed of a first set of cells and at least a second location area formed of at least a second set of cells the first and at least second location areas, respectively, separated by a location boundary, said method comprising:determining in the mobile station when a request to update the location register should be initiated; generating an RAS-protocol (registration admission status-protocol-formatted) request to update the location register with the updated position of the mobile station responsive to a determination made during said operation of determining that the request to update should be initiated; determining whether to grant the update request; selectably updating the location register with the updated position of the mobile station responsive to the RAS-protocol-formatted request generated during said operation of generating; and confirming, the updating of the location register, with an RAS-protocol-formatted confirmation message, if the location register is updated.