UE control of downlink data
First Claim
1. A user equipment (UE) in a telecommunications network, with an associated Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the UE comprises:
- at least one processing unit;
at least one computer readable storage unit;
at least one communications interface;
wherein the processing unit is arranged to execute instructions sets stored in the storage unit for;
determining whether the UE should transmit to an infrastructure node a message comprising an instruction instructing the infrastructure node to cease sending downlink data to the UE; and
sending said message comprising the instruction using the communication interface to said infrastructure node as a result of determining that said message comprising the instruction should be transmitted, whereinthe determination is based on a status of a device tethered to the UE, andthe processing unit is configured to determine whether the device tethered to the UE is in an idle mode, andthe processing unit is configured to send said message as a result of determining that the device tethered to the UE is in an idle mode.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to control of downlink data in a packet based telecommunications network and in particular to UE control of downlink data. This is provided in devices and methods for handling such control, for instance a user equipment (101), UE, in a telecommunications network (100). The UE has an associated Internet Protocol, IP, address. The UE comprises at least one processing unit (201), at least one computer readable storage unit (202), at least one communications interface (203), and wherein the processing unit is arranged to execute instructions sets stored in the storage unit for determining that no downlink data is to be received on the communication interface and sending a message using the communication interface to an infrastructure node (103, 104) indicating that no downlink data is to be transferred to the UE.
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12 Claims
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1. A user equipment (UE) in a telecommunications network, with an associated Internet Protocol (IP) address, wherein the UE comprises:
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at least one processing unit; at least one computer readable storage unit; at least one communications interface; wherein the processing unit is arranged to execute instructions sets stored in the storage unit for; determining whether the UE should transmit to an infrastructure node a message comprising an instruction instructing the infrastructure node to cease sending downlink data to the UE; and sending said message comprising the instruction using the communication interface to said infrastructure node as a result of determining that said message comprising the instruction should be transmitted, wherein the determination is based on a status of a device tethered to the UE, and the processing unit is configured to determine whether the device tethered to the UE is in an idle mode, and the processing unit is configured to send said message as a result of determining that the device tethered to the UE is in an idle mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method in a user equipment (UE) in a telecommunications network, wherein the UE has an associated Internet Protocol (IP) address, the method comprising:
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determining whether the UE should transmit to an infrastructure node a message instructing the infrastructure node to cease sending downlink data to the UE; and sending said message to said infrastructure node as a result of determining that said message should be transmitted, wherein the determination of whether to transmit the message is based on a status of a device tethered to the UE, the step of determining whether to transmit the message comprises determining whether the device tethered to the UE is in an idle mode, and the method further comprises transmitting the message to the infrastructure node as a result of determining that the device tethered to the UE is in said idle mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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