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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Nishith D. Tripathi, Parker, TX (US);
Kyeongin Jeong, Allen, TX (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a wireless communication system is provided. The method and apparatus comprises: identifying a virtual tracking area (VTA) to tracking area (TA) (VTA-TA) mapping information indicating mappings between (i) TA identifiers (TAIs) associated with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) entity and (ii) VTAs associated with geographical areas as a function of time; identifying one or more TAIs at an instant or during a time period based on the VTA-TA mapping information; transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) request message including the one or more TAIs; and receiving an RRC response message corresponding to the RRC request message based on the one or more TAIs. The RRC response message includes a virtual registration area (VRA).