Patent ID: 8554233

Claim:
A mobility management method, comprising: obtaining, by a Serving GPRS Support Node or Mobility Management Entity (SGSN/MME), subscription data of a terminal from a Home Location Register or Home Subscriber Server (HLR/HSS), wherein the subscription data carries periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information; obtaining, by the SGSN/MME, a periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal according to the periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information; sending, by the SGSN/MME, the periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal to the terminal; and setting, by the SGSN/MME, a value, which is longer than the periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal, as a mobile reachable timer for monitoring a periodic routing area update or tracking area update of the terminal, wherein the periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information carried in the subscription data comprises: a multiplication factor of a normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer; or a specified periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer; or an increment value of the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer, and wherein the obtaining the periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal according to the periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information comprises: when the periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information is the multiplication factor of the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer, obtaining the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer and multiplying the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer with the multiplication factor to obtain the periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal; or when the periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information is the specified periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer, directly using the specified periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer as the periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal; or when the periodic routing area update or tracking area update setting information is the increment value of the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer, obtaining the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer and adding the increment value to the normal periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer to obtain the periodic routing area update or tracking area update timer of the terminal.