Adaptive user equipment registration for communication networks

1. A method for registration of a mobile communication device comprising:

receiving a tracking area update request from the mobile communication device;

determining if the mobile communication device is categorized as one of moving and stationary;

categorizing the mobile communication device as one of moving and stationary based on the tracking area update request;

transmitting a tracking area list and a timer value to the mobile communication device, the tracking area list and the timer value based on the tracking area update request and the categorizing, the timer value identifying an interval after which a time based tracking area update request is to be sent from the mobile communications device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tracking area list identifies a plurality of network nodes, the plurality of network nodes based on the categorizing.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tracking area list and the timer value are further based on a time period from a previous categorization of the mobile communications device to a time the tracking area update request was received.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the categorizing the mobile communication device is further based on a previous categorization of the mobile communication device.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the tracking area list is further based on a previous tracking area list transmitted to the mobile communication device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tracking area list is further based on a path previously traversed by the mobile communications device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the timer value is further based on an average time for a particular mobile communication device to travel to a border of a large registration area in which the mobile communication device is located.

8. A mobility management entity for registration of a mobile communications device comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a tracking area update request from the mobile communication device; and

a processor configured to:

determine if the mobile communication device is categorized as one of moving and stationary;

categorize the mobile communication device as one of moving and stationary based on the tracking area update request;

transmit a tracking area list and a timer value to the mobile communication device, the tracking area list and the timer value based on the tracking area update request and the categorization, the timer value identifying an interval after which a time based tracking area update request is to be sent from the mobile communications device.

9. The mobility management entity of claim 8 , wherein the tracking area list identifies a plurality of network nodes, the plurality of network nodes based on the categorization.

10. The mobility management entity of claim 8 , wherein the tracking area list and the timer value are further based on a time period from a previous categorization of the mobile communications device to a time the tracking area update request was received.

11. The mobility management entity of claim 8 , wherein the categorizing the mobile communication device is further based on a previous categorization of the mobile communication device.

12. The mobility management entity of claim 10 , wherein the tracking area list is further based on a previous tracking area list transmitted to the mobile communication device.

13. The mobility management entity of claim 8 , wherein the tracking area list is further based on a path previously traversed by the mobile communications device.

14. The mobility management entity of claim 8 , wherein the timer value is further based on an average time for a particular mobile communication device to travel to a border of a large registration area in which the mobile communication device is located.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions for registration of a mobile communications device, the instructions in response to execution by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a tracking area update request from the mobile communication device;

determining if the mobile communication device is categorized as one of moving and stationary;

categorizing the mobile communication device as one of moving and stationary based on the tracking area update request;

transmitting a tracking area list and a timer value to the mobile communication device, the tracking area list and the timer value based on the tracking area update request and the categorizing, the timer value identifying an interval after which a time based tracking area update request is to be sent from the mobile communications device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the tracking area list identifies a plurality of network nodes, the plurality of network nodes based on the categorizing.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the tracking area list and the timer value are further based on a time period from a previous categorization of the mobile communications device to a time the tracking area update request was received.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the categorizing the mobile communication device is further based on a previous categorization of the mobile communication device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the tracking area list is further based on a previous tracking area list transmitted to the mobile communication device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the tracking area list is further based on a path previously traversed by the mobile communications device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the timer value is further based on an average time for a particular mobile communication device to travel to a border of a large registration area in which the mobile communication device is located.