Patent ID: 8909222

Claim:
A method for registering a mobile terminal with a cellular telecommunications network, the method comprising: transmitting a signal including a temporary identifier, which is unique to a mobile terminal when combined with a location area identifier that identifies a cell for which the temporary identifier was allocated; transmitting an indication of whether the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration based on an extended area of coverage of the cellular telecommunication network that has a plurality of location areas and a plurality of extended areas of coverage where each extended area is represented by a list of a subset of cells on one or more of the location areas that are of a different bearer technology than other cells on the one or more of the location areas; and if the mobile terminal is configured to facilitate extended area-based location registration, performing location registration based on one of a plurality of extended areas of coverage of a cellular telecommunication network, and wherein the mobile terminal uses information about a given one of the location areas to connect to the network.