Methods and devices for determining a tracking area of a wireless cellular telecommunication network comprising plural tracking areas

摘要

The present invention concerns a method for determining a tracking area of a wireless cellular telecommunication network comprising plural tracking areas, each tracking area comprising plural cells in which mobile terminals are located, at least two tracking areas comprising cells comprised in the at least two tracking areas and cells belonging to a single tracking area, each cell being managed by a base station of the wireless cellular telecommunication network. One base station managing a cell comprised in the at least two tracking areas executes the steps of:
- transferring a message to at least a mobile terminal comprised in the cell managed by the base station, the message comprising the identifiers of the at least two tracking areas in which the cell managed by the base station belongs to,
- receiving a message from the mobile terminal, the message comprising one single identifier among the identifiers transferred to the mobile terminal, the identifier being the identifier of the tracking area selected by the mobile terminal.