Patent ID: 8918090

Claim:
A timer configuration method for a core network in a wireless communication system, the timer configuration method comprising: receiving a mobility management request from a mobile device; and setting a mobile reachable timer to a mobile reachable timer value and setting an implicit detach timer to an implicit detach timer value when the core network rejects the mobility management request with a back-off timer value of a back-off timer, wherein the mobile reachable timer is started when the mobile device enters an idle mode; wherein the implicit detach timer is started upon expiry of the mobile reachable timer; the mobile device is implicitly detached by the core network when the implicit detach timer expires before the mobile device contacts the core network; wherein a sum of the mobile reachable timer value and the implicit detach timer value is no less than the back-off timer value, so that the mobile device still remains attached to the core network when the back-off timer expires.