Patent ID: 8467783

Claim:
A method for determining mobility of a roaming user terminal, the method comprising: receiving, by a visited access service network (ASN) authenticator, an Access-Accept message corresponding to the user terminal sent from a visited network authentication, authorization and accounting (V-AAA) server; and determining a mobility access classifier of the user terminal according to a mobility restriction policy of the visited ASN, and sending the mobility access classifier of the user terminal to a base station (BS), wherein the Access-Accept message further carries mobility restriction associated parameters of the user terminal, wherein the authenticator communicates the mobility access classifier and the mobility restriction associated parameters of the user terminal in an AuthRelay_EAP_Transfer message or an MS_Attachment_Rsp message and sends the AuthRelay_EAP_Transfer message or MS_Attachment_Rsp message to the BS, and wherein the mobility access classifier is a fixed, nomadic, or mobile classifier, and the mobility restriction associated parameters are parameters associated with fixed or nomadic users and comprise at least one selected from a permit entry zone, a reattachment zone, and a parameter of whether supporting a session continuity.