Patent ID: 8787337

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: circuitry, when operational, to transmit an indication of low mobility status to a network; circuitry, when operational, to transmit a request message to the network, the request message comprising one of a tracking area update request message, a location area update request message, and a routing area update request message; circuitry, when operational, to receive an accept message, the accept message including an extension timer value and the accept message comprising one of a tracking area update accept message, a location area update accept message, and a routing area update accept message; circuitry, when operational, to perform a tracking area update procedure timed in accordance with a standard timer value when the system is not in a low mobility state in response to receipt of a tracking area update accept message; circuitry, when operational, to perform a tracking area update procedure timed in accordance with the extension timer value when the system is in a low mobility state in response to receipt of a tracking area update accept message, the extension timer for the tracking area update procedure having a duration that is greater than that of the standard timer for the tracking area update procedure; circuitry, when operational, to perform a location area update procedure timed in accordance with a standard timer value when the system is not in a low mobility state in response to receipt of a location area update accept message; circuitry, when operational, to perform a location area update procedure timed in accordance with the extension timer value when the system is in a low mobility state in response to receipt of a location area update accept message, the extension timer for the location area update procedure having a duration that is greater than that of the standard timer for the location area update procedure; circuitry, when operational, to perform a routing area update procedure timed in accordance with a standard timer value when the system is not in a low mobility state in response to receipt of a routing area update accept message; and circuitry, when operational, to perform a routing area update procedure timed in accordance with the extension timer value when the system is in a low mobility state in response to receipt of a routing area update accept message, the extension timer for the routing area update procedure having a duration that is greater than that of the standard timer for the routing area update procedure, wherein the extension timer comprises one of a T3212ext value for a location area update procedure, a T3312ext value for a routing area update procedure, and a T3412ext value for a tracking area update procedure.