Patent ID: 8606270
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a communications network and mobile user equipment (UE) in the network, the UE interacting with the network in accordance with interaction information, the method comprising the steps of: providing, when the UE is offline from the network at a time of initial provisioning, the UE with an algorithm usable with one or more input parameters; transmitting at least one input parameter for the algorithm from the network to the UE, wherein the at least one input parameter comprises at least one of a Tracking Area (TA) group size in number of TA layers, a TA group shape, and a range of TA identifiers in a TA group, and wherein the TA group defines an area or portion of the network; determining a quantity of interaction information by comparing a particular location with a result derived from the algorithm and the at least one input parameter; and determining at least one aspect of interaction between the UE and the network using the derived quantity of interaction information.