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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Ioannis Maniatis, Unterensingen, DE;

Hans Kroener, Geislingen-Weiler, DE;

Wolfgang Payer, Ulm, DE;

Inventors:

Ioannis Maniatis, Unterensingen, DE;

Hans Kroener, Geislingen-Weiler, DE;

Wolfgang Payer, Ulm, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/048 (2013.01); H04W 36/0011 (2013.01); H04W 76/068 (2013.01);
Abstract

It is described a method for controlling a radio resource control connection between a base station and a user equipment, wherein a radio resource control connection between the base station and the user equipment is established for exchanging control messages between the base station and the user equipment the control messages being required for an application running on the user equipment. The method includes determining a first value being indicative for a mobility characteristic of the user equipment and a second value being indicative for a data traffic characteristic of the user equipment, comparing the first value and the second value, setting a release timer based on the comparison, and controlling the radio resource control connection based on the release timer, wherein the radio resource control connection will end upon expiry of the release timer.


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