Method for avoiding resource wastage while detecting location identifiers mismatch

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions in communication with a communication network such that the one or more processors are configured to,
• receive a first location identifier value included in broadcast system information from the communication network,
• detect a mismatch between the first location identifier value and a second location identifier value, the second location identifier value included in a location update accept message received from the communication network,
• increment a value of a counter based on the detected mismatch,
• determine that the value of the counter reaches a threshold, the threshold corresponds being a maximum number of the detected mismatch between the first location identifier value and the second location identifier value, and
• update the first location identifier in a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).

A method for a location area identity (LAI) identification implemented by a processor included in a mobile terminal, which is configured to communicate with a communication network, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the processor, a first location identifier value in broadcast system information from the communication network;
• sending, by the processor, a location update request message to the communication network;
• receiving, by the processor, a location update accept message from the communication network, the location update accept message including a second location identifier value;
• detecting, by the processor, a first mismatch between the first location identifier value and the second location identifier value;
• incrementing, by the processor, a first value of a counter based on the first mismatch;
• and
• updating, by the processor, a location identifier value in a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with the second location identifier value.