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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 12, 2014
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Raymond Emilio Reeves, Oviedo, FL (US);
Gary Duane Koller, Overland Park, KS (US);
Deveshkumar Narendrapratap Rai, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for preventing release of a wireless traffic channel before update process completion. In a particular embodiment, a method provides establishing a wireless traffic channel between the wireless communication device and a wireless access point of a wireless communication network. The method further provides identifying an event that triggers release of the wireless traffic channel by the wireless communication device and, upon identifying the event, preventing the release of the wireless traffic channel until a background update process that uses the wireless traffic channel is completed. Upon completion of the background update process, the method provides allowing the release of the wireless traffic channel.