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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Ye Huang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Lixia Yan, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Jin Yang, Orinda, CA (US);
Michael R. Waters, Staten Island, NY (US);
Yousef Abdelmalek, New Providence, NJ (US);
Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Raquel Morera Sempere, Weehawken, NJ (US);
Emerando M. Delos Reyes, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A first network device may receive, from an application server, a first request for a dedicated bearer session for an application with a quality of service (QoS) and for a notification of an idle session for the application. The first network device may generate, based on the first request, a second request to be notified regarding expiration of an idle session timer for the application, and may provide the second request to a second network device. The first network device may receive, from the second network device and based on the second request, a notification of expiration of the idle session timer for the application, and may provide, to the application server, the notification of expiration of the idle session timer for the application.