Apparatuses and methods for multiple presence reporting areas

A method of handling a plurality of Presence Reporting Areas, PRAs, the method carried out by a network node in charge of handling mobility of user equipment, UE and the method comprising:

• receiving, from a policy controller, a plurality of applicable PRAs identified by respective PRA identifiers, PRA-ids, and for each PRA-id, a priority assigned for a corresponding PRA;
• selecting, from the plurality of applicable PRA-ids, a number of PRA-ids to be active at the network node;
• and
• transmitting, towards the policy controller, at least one of:
• an indication on whether a user equipment, UE, is inside or outside a PRA identified by a PRA-id;
• and
• an indication on whether a PRA, identified by a PRA-id in the plurality of PRA-ids, is or is not accepted to be active by the network node.

A policy controller in charge of policy control and/or charging decisions, the policy controller configured to handle a plurality of Presence Reporting Areas, PRAs, and comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor interfaces with the at least one memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby said policy controller is operable to:
• select, with a processor, a plurality of applicable PRAs identified by respective PRA identifiers, PRA-ids;
• transmit, towards a network node via a transmitter, the plurality of applicable PRA-ids and, for each PRA-id, a priority assigned for a corresponding PRA;
• and
• receive, from the network node via a receiver, at least one of:
• an indication on whether a user equipment, UE, is inside or outside a PRA identified by a PRA-id;
• and
• an indication on whether a PRA, identified by a PRA-id in the plurality of PRA-ids, is or is not accepted by the network node.

A network node in charge of handling mobility of user equipment, UE, the network node configured to handle a plurality of Presence Reporting Areas, PRAs, and comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory that stores processor-executable instructions, wherein the at least one processor interfaces with the at least one memory to execute the processor-executable instructions, whereby said network node is operable to:
• receive, from a policy controller via a receiver, a plurality of applicable PRAs identified by respective PRA identifiers, PRA-ids, and for each PRA-id a priority assigned for a corresponding PRA;
• select, with a processor, from the plurality of applicable PRA-ids, a number of PRA-ids to be active at the network node;
• and
• transmit, towards the policy controller via a transmitter, at least one of:
• an indication on whether a user equipment, UE, is inside or outside a PRA identified by a PRA-id;
• and
• an indication on whether a PRA, identified by a PRA-id in the plurality of PRA-ids, is or is not accepted to be active by the network node.