A tracking system can provide smart alerts based on a user's location. The tracking system can receive a location of a user's mobile device and establish a geographic boundary around the location if the mobile device remains at the location for a threshold amount of time. The tracking system can receive a new location of the mobile device outside of the geographic boundary and configure the mobile device to scan for a tracking device associated with the user for an interval of time. If the tracking system detects the tracking device within the interval, the tracking system stores information indicating that the user possesses the tracking device. Otherwise, the tracking system sends an indication to the mobile device indicating that the user has left behind the tracking device.

A user equipment and apparatus receive from a base station, configuration information configuring the user equipment to provide assistance information indicating a preference of the user equipment to leave RRC connected state, and transmit to the base station, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is an RRC state in which an RRC connection is suspended. A base station transmits to a user equipment, configuration information configuring the user equipment to provide assistance information indicating a preference of the user equipment to leave RRC connected state, and receives from the user equipment, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is an RRC state in which an RRC connection is suspended.

Embodiments of the invention include a User Plane Core Network entity such as UPGW, capable of interfacing with at least one RAN node via a User Plane interface such as NG3 interface, said User Plane Core Network entity configured to: —support data transfer for a UE session in a mode referred to as connectionless mode not requiring setup of a connection with a RAN node for said data transfer, —support paging request over User Plane, for DL data transfer for said UE session in connectionless mode.

Embodiments of the invention include a User Plane Core Network entity such as UPGW, capable of interfacing with at least one RAN node via a User Plane interface such as NG3 interface, said User Plane Core Network entity configured to: —support data transfer for a UE session in a mode referred to as connectionless mode not requiring setup of a connection with a RAN node for said data transfer, —support paging request over User Plane, for DL data transfer for said UE session in connectionless mode.

A first base station receives from a second base station: a cell identifier of a cell of the second base station; and a second radio access network (RAN) area identifier of the cell. A packet for a wireless device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is received. A RAN paging message is sent to the second base station in response to receiving the packet. The RAN paging message is based on a first RAN area identifier of the first base station being identical to the second RAN area identifier.

A first base station receives from a second base station: a cell identifier of a cell of the second base station; and a second radio access network (RAN) area identifier of the cell. A packet for a wireless device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is received. A RAN paging message is sent to the second base station in response to receiving the packet. The RAN paging message is based on a first RAN area identifier of the first base station being identical to the second RAN area identifier.

Coverage enhancements and coverage mode switching related optimizations are discussed for user equipments (UEs) that may switch between various coverage extension (CE) and non-CE modes of operation. In such enhancements, paging uncertainty and delays may be reduced by sending pages either simultaneously or using historical information over multiple coverage modes available to UEs. Random access procedures may be improved by providing CE mode random access procedures that are available when normal mode random access attempts fail and before declaring radio link failure. Additional aspects include improvements for more advanced UEs to improve coverage within normal mode operations by leveraging techniques used for narrowband CE mode operations, including transmission repetition and gapless transmission scheduling over hopped narrowband frequencies.

A method and a first network node of a wireless network, for handling paging of a wireless device. A Radio Access Network Area. RANA, which is supported by the first network node, is registered in a database by network nodes supporting the RANA, including the first network node. The network nodes that support the RANA are then identified in the database. When it is detected that a wireless device needs to be paged in the RANA, e.g. for receiving data, a paging message is distributed to the identified set of network nodes as an instruction to perform radio transmission of the paging message. Further, which is available to the network nodes throughout the wireless network. Thereby, any network node in the wireless network, such as the first network node, is able to perform distribution of a paging message to all network nodes that support a particular RANA, as registered in the database.

A method and a first network node (200) of a wireless network, for handling paging of a wireless device. A Radio Access Network Area, RANA, which is supported by the first network node (200), is registered (2:1) in a database (202) by network nodes IN supporting the RANA, including the first network node (200). The network nodes (204) that support the RANA are then identified (2:3) in the database (202). When it is detected (2:2) that a wireless device (D1) needs to be paged in the RANA, e.g. for receiving data, a paging message is distributed (2:4) to the identified set of network nodes (204) as an instruction to perform radio transmission of the paging message. Further, which is available to the network nodes throughout the wireless network. Thereby, any network node in the wireless network, such as the first network node (200), is able to perform distribution of a paging message to all network nodes that support a particular RANA, as registered in the database (202).

A method and a first network node (200) of a wireless network, for handling paging of a wireless device. A Radio Access Network Area, RANA, which is supported by the first network node (200), is registered (2:1) in a database (202) by network nodes IN supporting the RANA, including the first network node (200). The network nodes (204) that support the RANA are then identified (2:3) in the database (202). When it is detected (2:2) that a wireless device (D1) needs to be paged in the RANA, e.g. for receiving data, a paging message is distributed (2:4) to the identified set of network nodes (204) as an instruction to perform radio transmission of the paging message. Further, which is available to the network nodes throughout the wireless network. Thereby, any network node in the wireless network, such as the first network node (200), is able to perform distribution of a paging message to all network nodes that support a particular RANA, as registered in the database (202).