Patent ID: 9107179
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a location update for Machine To Machine (M2M) communication, the method comprising: transmitting a location update capability message to a base station, the location update capability message including a mobility type of an M2M device and an M2M traffic type, wherein the mobility type of the M2M device indicates at least one of a fixed mobility, a low mobility, and a high mobility, and wherein the M2M traffic type indicates a time controlled traffic or a non-time controlled traffic; receiving a location update capability confirm message from the base station, the location update capability confirm message including a location update type; and performing location update according to the location update type, wherein the location update type indicates periodic location update or a location-based update, wherein if the location update type indicates the location-based update, the location-based update is performed by a cell based update or a paging group based update, wherein if the mobility type indicates the low mobility and if the M2M traffic type indicates the non-time controlled traffic, the cell based update is used for the location-based update, wherein if the mobility type indicates the high mobility and if the M2M traffic type indicates the non-time controlled traffic, the paging group based update is used for the location-based update, and wherein an indicator is used to differentiate the cell based update and the paging group based update.