Reduced context or context-less short message transmission for machine—type—communication
First Claim
1. A mobile communications network for communicating data to/from one or more communications devices, the network comprising:
- one or more base stations that provide a wireless access interface to the one or more communications devices;
the one or more communications devices that communicate packets with the one or more base stations via the wireless access interface; and
one or more mobility managers that send and receive signalling packets for controlling user data communications between the one or more base stations and a destination,wherein;
the one or more base stations set up a temporary base station context for transmitting a signalling message, from a communications device of the one or more communications devices, and comprising user data intended for the destination, to the one or more mobility managers,the one or more base stations, upon reception of the signalling message, detect that the signalling message is not associated with any established signalling connection between the one or more base stations and the communication device,the temporary context is released prior to receipt by the one or more base stations of an acknowledgement message from the one or more mobility managers regarding receipt of the signalling message by the destination, andthe one or more base stations, responsive to said detection, transmit the user data comprised in the signalling message to the destination, via the one or more mobility managers.
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Abstract
A mobile communications network communicating data to/from communications devices, the network including base stations operable to provide a wireless access interface to communications devices; communications devices operable to communicate packets with the base stations via the wireless access interface; packet gateways operable to transmit user data packets received via the base stations from/to the communications devices; and mobility managers operable to send/receive signalling packets for controlling user data communications between communications devices and packet gateways. The mobility managers can, upon receiving a signalling packet from a communications device and including user data intended for a destination, detect the packet is not associated with any established signalling connection between the mobility managers and the communication device. The mobility managers can, responsive to the detection, transmit the user data in the signalling packet to the destination. Accordingly a short message may be sent in a reduced context or context-less manner.
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19 Claims
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1. A mobile communications network for communicating data to/from one or more communications devices, the network comprising:
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one or more base stations that provide a wireless access interface to the one or more communications devices; the one or more communications devices that communicate packets with the one or more base stations via the wireless access interface; and one or more mobility managers that send and receive signalling packets for controlling user data communications between the one or more base stations and a destination, wherein; the one or more base stations set up a temporary base station context for transmitting a signalling message, from a communications device of the one or more communications devices, and comprising user data intended for the destination, to the one or more mobility managers, the one or more base stations, upon reception of the signalling message, detect that the signalling message is not associated with any established signalling connection between the one or more base stations and the communication device, the temporary context is released prior to receipt by the one or more base stations of an acknowledgement message from the one or more mobility managers regarding receipt of the signalling message by the destination, and the one or more base stations, responsive to said detection, transmit the user data comprised in the signalling message to the destination, via the one or more mobility managers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of communicating data to/from one or more communications devices in a mobile communications network, the mobile communications network comprising one or more base stations to provide a wireless access interface to the one or more communications devices;
- the one or more communications devices to communicate packets with the one or more base stations via the wireless access interface; and
one or more mobility managers to send and receive signalling packets for controlling user data communications between the one or more communications devices and one or more packet gateways, the method comprising;setting up, by the one or more base stations, a temporary base station context for transmitting a signalling message, from a communications device of the one or more communications devices, and comprising user data intended for the destination, to the one or more mobility managers; upon reception of the signalling message, detecting, by the one or more base stations, that the signalling message is not associated with any established signalling connection between the one or more base stations and the communication device; releasing the temporary context prior to receipt by the one or more base stations of an acknowledgement message from the one or more mobility managers regarding receipt of the signalling message by the destination; and responsive to said detecting, transmitting, by the one or more base stations, the user data comprised in the signalling message to the one or more mobility managers. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- the one or more communications devices to communicate packets with the one or more base stations via the wireless access interface; and
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19. A base station for use in a mobile communications network communicating data to/from one or more communications devices, the mobile communications network comprising the one or more communications devices to communicate packets via a wireless access interface;
- one or more packet gateways to transmit user data packets received via the wireless access interface from and/or to the one or more communications devices; and
one or more mobility managers to send and receive signalling packets for controlling user data communications between the one or more communications devices and the one or more packet gateways, the base station comprising;circuitry configured to provide the wireless access interface for the one or more communications devices to communicate the packets; set up a temporary base station context for transmitting a signalling message, from a communications device of the one or more communications devices, and comprising user data intended for the destination, to the one or more mobility managers; upon reception of the signalling message, detect that the signalling message is not associated with any established signalling connection between the base station and the communication device; release the temporary context prior to receipt by the one or more base stations of an acknowledgement message from the one or more mobility managers regarding receipt of the signalling message by the destination; and responsive to said detection, transmit the user data comprised in the signalling message to the destination.
- one or more packet gateways to transmit user data packets received via the wireless access interface from and/or to the one or more communications devices; and
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