Optimization of data handover to wireless wide area networks
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1. A method for managing a radio resource control state of a user equipment comprising a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio and a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, the method comprising:
- determining when i) the user equipment via the WWAN radio has an established connection with a wireless wide area network in a dedicated control channel state, the dedicated control channel state comprising at least one dedicated uplink and at least one dedicated downlink channel allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network, and when ii) the user equipment has an established connection with a wireless local area network via the WLAN radio, whether a number of triggering conditions associated with the connection between the user equipment and the wireless local area network are satisfied;
determining a size of a data packet that is sufficient to keep the radio resource control state in a dedicated control channel state; and
responsive to satisfying the number of triggering conditions, initiating a sustain message,wherein initiating the sustain message comprises sending the sustain message over the wireless wide area network via the WWAN radio,wherein a size of the sustain message is the size of the data packet, andwherein sending the sustain message over the wireless wide area network prevents a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the wireless wide area network from transitioning the connection between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network from the dedicated control channel state to a connection state without any dedicated communication channels allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network.
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for managing a radio resource control state of a user equipment. A triggering module may be configured to determine whether a number of triggering conditions are satisfied. Also, responsive to satisfying the number of triggering conditions, a sustain module may be configured to initiate a sustain message. The sustain message may prevent the radio resource control state of the user equipment from changing states.
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1. A method for managing a radio resource control state of a user equipment comprising a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio and a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, the method comprising:
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determining when i) the user equipment via the WWAN radio has an established connection with a wireless wide area network in a dedicated control channel state, the dedicated control channel state comprising at least one dedicated uplink and at least one dedicated downlink channel allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network, and when ii) the user equipment has an established connection with a wireless local area network via the WLAN radio, whether a number of triggering conditions associated with the connection between the user equipment and the wireless local area network are satisfied; determining a size of a data packet that is sufficient to keep the radio resource control state in a dedicated control channel state; and responsive to satisfying the number of triggering conditions, initiating a sustain message, wherein initiating the sustain message comprises sending the sustain message over the wireless wide area network via the WWAN radio, wherein a size of the sustain message is the size of the data packet, and wherein sending the sustain message over the wireless wide area network prevents a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the wireless wide area network from transitioning the connection between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network from the dedicated control channel state to a connection state without any dedicated communication channels allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A user equipment configured to manage a radio resource control state of a user equipment, the user equipment comprising:
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a wireless wide area network (WWAN); a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio; a memory unit; a processing unit connected to the memory unit; a triggering module configured to determine, when i) the user equipment has via the WWAN radio an established connection with a wireless wide area network in a dedicated control channel state, the dedicated control channel state comprising at least one dedicated uplink and at least one dedicated downlink channel allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network, and when ii) the user equipment has an established connection with a wireless local area network via the WLAN radio, whether a number of triggering conditions associated with the connection between the user equipment and the wireless local area network are satisfied; and a sustain module configured to; identify a size of a data packet that is sufficient to keep the radio resource control state in a dedicated control channel state, and initiate a sustain message in response to satisfying the number of triggering conditions by sending the sustain message over the wireless wide area network via the WWAN radio, wherein the sustain message prevents a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the wireless wide area network from transitioning the connection between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network from the dedicated control channel state to a connection state without any dedicated communication channels allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising logic encoded on a non-transitory tangible media for managing a radio resource control state of a user equipment comprising a wireless wide area network (WWAN) radio and a wireless local area network (WLAN) radio, the logic comprising instructions for:
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determining when i) the user equipment has an established connection in a dedicated control channel state with a wireless wide area network via the WWAN radio, the established connection in the dedicated control channel state comprising at least one dedicated uplink and at least one dedicated downlink channel allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network, and when ii) the user equipment has an established connection with a wireless local area network via the WLAN radio, whether a number of triggering conditions associated with the connection between the user equipment and the wireless local area network are satisfied; identifying a size of a data packet that is sufficient to keep the radio resource control state in a dedicated control channel state; and responsive to satisfying the number of triggering conditions, initiating a sustain message, wherein the instructions for initiating the sustain message comprises instructions for;
sending the sustain message over the wireless wide area network via the WWAN radio,wherein a size of the sustain message is the size of the data packet, wherein the sustain message prevents a Radio Network Controller (RNC) of the wireless wide area network from transitioning the connection between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network from the dedicated control channel state to a connection state without any dedicated communication channels allocated for communication between the user equipment and the wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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