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US 12,323,901 · App. 18/570,170 · Granted Jun 3, 2025
Cellular telecommunications network
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a method of operating a management node in a cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network including a first base station and a User Equipment (UE), the management node storing a first set of tracking area codes, wherein the first base station is configured to transmit a first tracking area code and the UE is configured to send a tracking area update request message to the first base station identifying the first tracking area code, the method including receiving a request message from the first base station, the request including the first tracking area code identified in the tracking area update request message; comparing the received first tracking area code to the first set of tracking area codes; and sending a response message to the first base station, the response message accepting or rejecting the tracking area request based on the comparison.
Claims (23)
1. A method of operating a management node in a cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network including a first base station and a User Equipment (UE), the management node storing a first set of tracking area codes, wherein the first base station is configured to transmit a first tracking area code and the UE is configured to send a tracking area update request message to the first base station identifying the first tracking area code, the method comprising:
receiving a request message from the first base station, the request message including the first tracking area code identified in the tracking area update request message;
comparing the received first tracking area code to the first set of tracking area codes; and
sending a response message to the first base station, the response message accepting or rejecting a tracking area request based on the comparison,
wherein:
when each of the first set of tracking area codes is associated with a base station that supports a circuit switched voice service, the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes accepting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the first set of tracking area codes, and
when each of the first set of tracking area codes is associated with a base station that does not support the circuit switched voice service, the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes rejecting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the first set of tracking area codes.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first set of tracking area codes is associated with the base station that supports the circuit switched voice service, the management node stores a second set of tracking area codes and each of the second set of tracking area codes is associated with the base station that does not support a circuit switched voice service, and the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes rejecting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the second set of tracking area codes.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the response message identifies the first tracking area code as forbidden.
4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program comprising instructions which, when the computer program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to operate a management node in a cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network including a first base station and a User Equipment (UE), the management node storing a first set of tracking area codes, wherein the first base station is configured to transmit a first tracking area code and the UE is configured to send a tracking area update request message to the first base station identifying the first tracking area code, wherein the computer operates the management node to:
receive a request message from the first base station, the request message including the first tracking area code identified in the tracking area update request message;
compare the received first tracking area code to the first set of tracking area codes; and
send a response message to the first base station, the response message accepting or rejecting a tracking area request based on the comparison,
wherein:
when each of the first set of tracking area codes is associated with a base station that supports a circuit switched voice service, the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes accepting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the first set of tracking area codes, and
when each of the first set of tracking area codes is associated with a base station that does not support the circuit switched voice service, the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes rejecting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the first set of tracking area codes.
5. A management node for a cellular telecommunications network having a processor configured to operate the management node in the cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network including a first base station and a User Equipment (UE), the management node storing a first set of tracking area codes, wherein the first base station is configured to transmit a first tracking area code and the UE is configured to send a tracking area update request message to the first base station identifying the first tracking area code, wherein the processor operates the management node to:
receive a request message from the first base station, the request message including the first tracking area code identified in the tracking area update request message;
compare the received first tracking area code to the first set of tracking area codes; and
send a response message to the first base station, the response message accepting or rejecting a tracking area request based on the comparison,
wherein:
when each of the first set of tracking area codes is associated with a base station that supports a circuit switched voice service, the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes accepting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the first set of tracking area codes, and
when each of the first set of tracking area codes is associated with a base station that does not support the circuit switched voice service, the accepting or the rejecting of the tracking area request includes rejecting the tracking area request if the received first tracking area code is one of the first set of tracking area codes.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
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From: MACKENZIE, RICHARD; FRIPP, DOUGLAS
To: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
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