System and method for restricting mobility in wireless networks
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsYusupha TOURAY, Fayaz KADRI
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Abstract
This invention provides a method, system and apparatus for controlling mobility on a wireless network, which includes retrieving a network mobility preference, the network mobility preference indicating a level of mobility service for the mobile station, the level of mobility service indicating the extent to which the mobile station can handoff among base stations of the wireless network, and establishing a level of mobility service for the mobile station based on the retrieved network mobility preference. The method and apparatus may further include determining the level of mobility service for the mobile station to be fully or partially restricted based on the mobility preference.
Claims22
A method of limiting mobility provided to a mobile station by a wireless network, the method comprising, when the mobile station moves from a first service region served by a first base station to a second service region served by a second base station:
- preventing hand-off of the mobile station from the first base station to the second base station;
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- enabling network re-entry of the mobile station in the second service region served by the second base station.
An apparatus for limiting mobility provided to a mobile station by a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:
- a wireless network interface operating to receive messages from the wireless network and operating to send messages to the wireless network;
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- a control module operating, when the mobile station moves from a first service region served by a first base station to a second service region served by a second base station, to:
- prevent hand-off of the mobile station from the first base station to the second base station;
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- enable network re-entry of the mobile station in the second service region served by the second base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.