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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Francesco Pica, San Diego, CA (US);
Etienne Francois Chaponniere, Rome, IT;
Christophe Chevallier, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrea Garavaglia, Bavaria, DE;
Aziz Gholmieh, Del Mar, CA (US);
Long Duan, San Diego, CA (US);
Mukesh Kumar Mittal, San Diego, CA (US);
Mustafa Saglam, San Diego, CA (US);
Sunil Suresh Patil, San Diego, CA (US);
Salil Sawhney, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajasekar Arulprakasam, San Diego, CA (US);
Jochen Hoidis, Bavaria, DE;
Francesco Pica, San Diego, CA (US);
Etienne Francois Chaponniere, Rome, IT;
Christophe Chevallier, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrea Garavaglia, Bavaria, DE;
Aziz Gholmieh, Del Mar, CA (US);
Long Duan, San Diego, CA (US);
Mukesh Kumar Mittal, San Diego, CA (US);
Mustafa Saglam, San Diego, CA (US);
Sunil Suresh Patil, San Diego, CA (US);
Salil Sawhney, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajasekar Arulprakasam, San Diego, CA (US);
Jochen Hoidis, Bavaria, DE;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a user equipment (UE) determines that a client application has entered a period of transmission inactivity whereby the UE will not be required to transmit data on behalf of the client application. The UE selectively transmits a transmission inactivity notification to an access network (AN) to notify the AN of the transmission inactivity period. The AN receives the transmission inactivity notification and determines to transition the UE from a first state to a second state based at least in part on the received transmission inactivity notification, the second state associated with lower-power consumption of the UE than the first state. The AN sends instructions to the UE to facilitate the transition of the UE from the first state to the second state. In another embodiment, the AN can send instructions to the UE to prohibit the UE from sending transmission inactivity notifications.