Patent ID: 8582561

Claim:
A method of handling a packet-temporary mobile subscriber identity, hereinafter called P-TMSI, for a network of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: through a first procedure, sending a first message to assign a first P-TMSI to a mobile station using a second P-TMSI; receiving a second message corresponding to a second procedure and the first P-TMSI before the network receives a response message of the first message corresponding to the first procedure; and accepting the second message; wherein the second message corresponding to the second procedure and the first P-TMSI comprises a local temporary logical link identifier derived from the first P-TMSI; wherein the mobile station receives GPRS, known as General Packet Radio Services, services, the second message is a GPRS SUSPENSION REQUEST message, and the second procedure is a GPRS suspension procedure; wherein the first procedure makes a P-TMSI change on the mobile station, and the response message is a confirmation message for the P-TMSI change.