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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Alexandre Gerber, Madison, NJ (US);
Zhuoqing Mao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Feng Qian, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Subhabrata Sen, New Providence, NJ (US);
Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, NJ (US);
Zhaoguang Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Power and resource efficiency of a mobile network device are increased. In one aspect, a Tail Optimization Protocol (TOP) enables cooperation between a mobile device and an associated radio access network to eliminate idle periods (e.g., tails) when possible. Various systems and methods described herein can leverage the ability of applications and/or their associated connections to accurately predict a long tail time, from which a mobile device can notify an associated cellular network on such an imminent tail in order to allow the cellular network to immediately release tail resources. Various other aspects provided herein realize TOP via fast dormancy and/or other similar notification mechanisms, which enable a handset or other device to notify a cellular network for immediate resource release.