Patent ID: 8554201

Claim:
A method of managing a queuing operation corresponding to a user equipment in a paging state in a RRC Connected mode for a network terminal of a wireless communications system, the method comprising: receiving a CELL UPDATE message of a cell update procedure from the user equipment; and in response to reception of the CELL UPDATE message, queuing the user equipment at a frequency carrier where the user equipment currently camps and keeping the user equipment in the paging state in the RRC Connected mode by: including a wait time information element in a CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message; excluding a Frequency info information element from the CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message; and sending the CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message to the user equipment to specify that the user equipment stays in a waiting state of the queuing operation for at least a waiting time according to the waiting time provided by the wait time information, element, and re-initiates the cell update procedure when the user equipment leaves the waiting state.