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Method and device for improving network discovery and selection

US8472948B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · CN

Inventors

Cornel Pampu · Bonn, DE
Qing Zhou · Berlin, DE
Yu Yin · Shanghai, CN
Wenfu Wu · Shanghai, CN
Ha-yong Chen · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2011
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W36/0055
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for improving Network Discovery and Selection suitable for a UE which is moving into a new TA, which comprises: receiving, by a MMF, a TAU request including the new TA from the UE; allocating, by the MMF, a new TA List according to the new TA in the TAU request; sending, by the MMF, the new TA List to the UE; sending, by the MMF, a TA information to a Mobility Policy Function, MPF, for updating mobility policy of the UE if the new TA is a special TA covered by different networks.

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