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Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2013
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Jose Luis Pradas, Stockholm, SE;

Alessandro Caverni, Stockholm, SE;

Nianshan Shi, Järfälla, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/06 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/068 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 72/0433 (2013.01);
Abstract

The proposed technology relates to the issue of supporting release of common radio resources in a radio communication network. A radio network controller () sends an indication of a value of a timer for implicit release of common radio resources to a base station (). The base station () receives the indication of a value of a timer for implicit release of common radio resources and determines whether to release common radio resources based on the indication of a value of the timer for implicit release of common radio resources. In this way, by using the indication of a value of the timer for implicit release the base station () will be able to correctly determine whether to release the common resources upon reception of a report of empty buffer status from a UE. This will eliminate misinterpretations of the empty buffer status report, and avoid unnecessary radio link failures.


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