Patent ID: 8472948
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for improving Network Discovery and Selection suitable for a User Endpoint (UE) moving into a new Tracking Area (TA), comprising: receiving, by a Mobility Management Function (MMF), a Tracking Area Update (TAU) request including the new TA from the UE; allocating, by the MMF, a new TA List according to the new TA in the TAU request; sending, by the MMF, the new TA List to the UE; sending, by the MMF, TA information to a Mobility Policy Function (MPF) for updating a mobility policy of the UE if the new TA is a special TA covered by different networks; wherein the process of sending TA information to the MPF comprises: determining if the new TA is a special TA; sending the special TA to the MPF if the new TA is the special TA; wherein the process of determining if the new TA is the special TA comprises: checking if there is a common TA in a special TA list table and the new TA List; determining the new TA is the special TA if the common TA is in the special TA list table and the new TA List; determining the new TA is not the special TA if no common TA is in the special TA list table and the new TA List.