Inhibiting system traffic from unregistered mobile stations
First Claim
1. A method for managing transmissions from a mobile wireless device in a wireless packet switched network, wherein the mobile wireless device is associated with a switch to activate a system, the method comprising the steps of:
- monitoring for a first transmission mode indicating that the mobile wireless device has attempted and failed to be validated for use on the wireless packet switched network; and
inhibiting administrative transmissions from the mobile wireless device responsive to detecting of a first transmission mode, wherein the administrative transmission functionality is restorable automatically.
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Abstract
A method and system for reducing transmissions from unregistered mobile wireless devices including inhibiting administrative type transmissions from the mobile wireless device upon detection that the mobile wireless device is in a first transmission mode indicating that the mobile wireless device is deactivated or unregistered. Moreover, the administrative type transmission functionality is automatically restorable. Transmissions from the mobile wireless device are preferably comprised of traffic transmissions that contain data packets and other transmissions that contain information for administrative purposes, such as for communication link management operations between the mobile wireless device and the wireless packet switched network. Preferably, the administrative type transmissions include roam transmissions, activation transmissions, and born transmissions.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for managing transmissions from a mobile wireless device in a wireless packet switched network, wherein the mobile wireless device is associated with a switch to activate a system, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring for a first transmission mode indicating that the mobile wireless device has attempted and failed to be validated for use on the wireless packet switched network; and
inhibiting administrative transmissions from the mobile wireless device responsive to detecting of a first transmission mode, wherein the administrative transmission functionality is restorable automatically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for managing transmissions of a mobile wireless device in a wireless packet switched network having a plurality of transceivers each adapted for serving a discrete geographical area and for communicating with the mobile wireless device over a radio link, wherein the mobile wireless device is associated with a system switch, the system comprising:
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a first controller in communication with the plurality of transceivers and adapted for validating use of a mobile wireless device on the wireless packet switched network, the controller further adapted for dispatching a notification signal for placing the mobile wireless device in a first transmission mode responsive to a determination that the mobile wireless device is not valid for use on the wireless packet switched network; and
a second controller coupled with the mobile wireless device and adapted to inhibit administrative transmissions from the mobile wireless device responsive to detecting a first transmission mode, wherein the administrative transmission functionality is restorable automatically. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program for managing transmissions from a mobile wireless device in a wireless packet switched network, the computer program being embodied on a computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
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a first code segment for monitoring of a first transmission mode indicating that the mobile wireless device is not valid for use in the wireless packet switched network, wherein the first transmission mode restricts the mobile wireless device from transmitting user data packets; and
a second code segment for activating a transmission inhibiting mode of operation for the mobile wireless device responsive to receipt of the notification signal, wherein administrative transmissions are inhibited subsequent to receiving a notification signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. In a method of operating a wireless communication network for communicating with a mobile device, the network being configured and operated to examine the ESN of the mobile station to validate the mobile station, the network further being operated to block the mobile station from accessing user services in the event that the ESN of the mobile station is invalid, the improvement therein comprising:
in addition to blocking the mobile station from accessing user services, blocking the mobile station from administrative communications with the network until a time interval has passed or until a criterion has been satisfied, whereby wasteful system traffic can be minimized. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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