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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chih-Hsiang Wu, Taoyuan City, TW;
Ching-Jung Hsieh, Taipei City, TW;
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A radio access network (RAN) manages resources associated with a user equipment (UE) operating in dual connectivity (DC) with a master node (MN) and a secondary node (SN) in accordance with an initial configuration of a radio connection between the UE and the RAN (). The RAN detects that traffic of the UE is inactive on a radio bearer via which the UE communicates with the SN (). In response to the detecting, the RAN sends to the UE a command to transition from a connected state to an inactive state in which the radio connection is suspended, including one of (i) sending the command while the UE operates in accordance with the initial configuration of the radio connection (), or (ii) configuring the radio bearer to be terminated only at the MN ().