INACTIVE COMMUNICATION MODE
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Abstract
There are provided measures for enabling/realizing an inactive communication mode, namely an inactive mode for the operation of terminal equipment and network equipment in a communication system. Such measures exemplarily comprise operation in a connected mode, in which a data plane connection and a control plane connection are established between a terminal equipment and a network equipment, transition from the connected mode to an inactive mode upon data plane inactivity, and operation in the inactive mode, in which the data plane connection is released and the control plane connection is maintained between the terminal equipment and the network equipment.
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60 Claims
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1. - 43. (canceled)
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44. A method comprising:
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operating in a connected mode, in which a data plane connection and a control plane connection are established between a terminal equipment and a network equipment, for processing communication with the network equipment, transitioning from the connected mode to an inactive mode upon data plane inactivity, and operating in the inactive mode, in which the data plane connection is released and the control plane connection is maintained between the terminal equipment and the network equipment, for processing communication with the network equipment. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 60)
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53. A method comprising:
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operating in a connected mode, in which a data plane connection and a control plane connection are established between a terminal equipment and a network equipment and context information for the terminal equipment is established, for processing communication with the terminal equipment, transitioning from the connected mode to an inactive mode upon data plane inactivity, and operating in the inactive mode, in which the data plane connection is released and the control plane connection is maintained between the terminal equipment and the network equipment and the context information for the terminal equipment is maintained, for processing communication with the terminal equipment. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor, and a memory configured to store computer program code, wherein the processor is configured to cause the apparatus to perform; operating in a connected mode, in which a data plane connection and a control plane connection are established between a terminal equipment and a network equipment, for processing communication with the network equipment, transitioning from the connected mode to an inactive mode upon data plane inactivity, and operating in the inactive mode, in which the data plane connection is released and the control plane connection is maintained between the terminal equipment and the network equipment, for processing communication with the network equipment.
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59. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor, and a memory configured to store computer program code, wherein the processor is configured to cause the apparatus to perform; operating in a connected mode, in which a data plane connection and a control plane connection are established between a terminal equipment and a network equipment and context information for the terminal equipment is established, for processing communication with the terminal equipment, transitioning from the connected mode to an inactive mode upon data plane inactivity, and operating in the inactive mode, in which the data plane connection is released and the control plane connection is maintained between the terminal equipment and the network equipment and the context information for the terminal equipment is maintained, for processing communication with the terminal equipment.
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