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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2001
Anit Lohtia, Plano, TX (US);
Paul Chan H. Tse, Allen, TX (US);
Isa B. Atallah, Addison, TX (US);
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
In a wireless communications network, different service levels can be subscribed to by users of mobile stations for packet-switched communications, such as electronic mail, web browsing, text chat, packet-switched voice communications, and so forth. In one arrangement, two different levels are defined. For a first level, when there is no more data to send over a wireless interface between a mobile station and a wireless access system, a logical connection between the mobile station and wireless access system is released. However, at a second level, the logical connection between the mobile station and the wireless access system is not released until after a predetermined timed period from when a send buffer becomes empty, with the send buffer containing data for sending over the wireless interface. A benefit of releasing the logical connection after some predetermined wait period is that the delays associated with establishing another logical connection are reduced.