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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
David Mohan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Munawar Uddin, Naperville, IL (US);
Saravana Velusamy, Olathe, KS (US);
Young Zhao, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are a method, apparatus, and system for managing connections in a wireless communication network. When a user equipment device (UE) transitions between an idle state and an active state, a radio link is established between a base station and the UE and a core network link is established between the base station and a core network entity. In response to detecting that no data packets are exchanged between the UE and the base station, a timer is initiated. Further, in response to detecting that data packets are being exchanged between the UE and the base station, the timer is reset. The radio link is released in response to the timer reaching a first predetermined value associated with a first inactivity period and the core network link is released in response to the timer reaching a second predetermined value associated with a second inactivity period.