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Systems and methods for selecting tracking areas and reducing tracking area updates

US8265009B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2009
Grant dateSep 11, 2012
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments provide methods for selecting tracking areas in a network, comprising: receiving messages from a plurality of base transceiver stations, the messages identifying a previous tracking area identity and a current tracking area identity; storing probabilities based on a count of transitions between the received previous tracking area identities and current tracking area identities; receiving a message from a user equipment device indicating the user equipment device is located in a first tracking area identified by a first tracking area identity; and selecting at least a second tracking area identity based on the stored probabilities and the first tracking area identity; and sending a tracking area identity list to the user equipment device based on the selected second tracking area.

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