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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/163 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/143 (2013.01); H04L 67/145 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02);
Abstract
A method for a network element in a network, through which network element a communications device can communicate with the network via one or more connections, the method comprising: detecting traffic for the one or more connections from the communications device; in response to no traffic being detected on a connection for a first time period, closing each connection for which no traffic has been detected for a second time period, among the one or more connections. Corresponding network element is also provided.