Patent attributes
The present invention provides a method, a terminal, and a server for obtaining a heartbeat period. According to the present invention, the terminal sends a first heartbeat message that includes location information of the terminal to the server and obtains a heartbeat period which corresponds to the foregoing location information directly from the server. This avoids each terminal needing to perform multiple heartbeat message interactions with the server when determining a heartbeat period that best matches a current network, thereby reducing power consumption of the terminal and signaling loads of a device at the network side.