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Management of wireless connections

  • US 8,515,436 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2009
  • Issued: 08/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for wireless communications, comprising:

  • receiving at an eNode B from a mobility management entity (MME) a non-access stratum (NAS) message and an indication of whether or not for the eNode B to retain a radio resource control (RRC) connection associated with the NAS message, wherein the indication comprises an information element (IE) indicating an access stratum (AS) security context for a user equipment (UE);

    establishing the RRC connection with the UE for transmitting the NAS message to the UE;

    transmitting the NAS message to the UE; and

    maintaining or closing the RRC connection, based on the indicationwherein receiving the indication of whether or not to retain an RRC connection associated with the NAS message comprises receiving the indication in a message transmitted separate from the NAS message.

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