Connection release timers and settings

• US 9,913,317 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2012
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Hwang, Woonhee, Koskela, Jarkko T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zewari, Sayed T
• Application Number:
  US14/350,130
• Publication Number:
  US 20140235229A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,978 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/38 triggered by timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks

Abstract

In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and an apparatus to generate a message including mobile device-specific information related to operation of a state transition timer for the mobile device, and send the generated message towards an access point associated with a wireless communication network. Further, in accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method an apparatus to receive a message from a wireless communication network, the message including mobile device-specific information related to operation of a state transition timer for the mobile device; based on the mobile device-specific information, setting optimal connection parameters for the mobile device; and sending an indication of the optimal connection parameters towards the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining an anticipated mobility status of a mobile device based on a cell identity;

generating by the mobile device a message comprising mobile device-specific information related to operation of a state transition timer for the mobile device, wherein the mobile device-specific information comprises an indication of the anticipated mobility status of the mobile device; and

sending the generated message towards an access point associated with a wireless communication network, wherein the anticipated mobility status causes the access point to adjust the state transition timer for the mobile device, wherein an expiration of the state transition timer causes the mobile device to transition from one state of a plurality of states to another state of the plurality of states.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the anticipated mobility status is linked to at least one of a serving cell identity, a cell global identity, and a physical cell identity.

3. The method according to claim 1, where the mobile device-specific information comprises one of an indication of a current operating system running on the mobile device, an indication of a brand of the mobile device, an indication of an application running on the mobile device, or an indication of an application most frequently run on the mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

selecting at least one information element from a set of information elements related to the operation of the state transition timer for the mobile device, where generating the message comprises using the selected at least one information element to represent the mobile device specific information, where information elements of the set of information elements each comprise a different type of mobile device-specific information.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program code, the computer program code executed by at least one processor to perform the method according to claim 1.

6. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least;

determine an anticipated mobility status of a mobile device based on a cell identity;

generate by the mobile device a message comprising mobile device-specific information related to operation of a state transition timer for a mobile device, wherein the mobile device-specific information comprises an indication of the anticipated mobility status of the mobile device; and

send the generated message towards an access point associated with a wireless communication network, wherein the anticipated mobility status causes the access point to adjust the state transition timer for the mobile device, wherein an expiry of the state transition timer causes the mobile device to transition from one state of a plurality of states to another state of the plurality of states.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the anticipated mobility status is linked to at least one of a serving cell identity, a cell global identity, and a physical cell identity.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, where the message is sent with either one of a radio resource control connection complete message or a handover complete message.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, where the mobile device-specific information comprises an indication of a current operating system running on the mobile device.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6, where the mobile device-specific information comprises an indication of a brand of the mobile device.

11. The apparatus according to claim 6, where the mobile device-specific information comprises an indication of an application running on the mobile device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 6, where the mobile device-specific information comprises an indication of an application most frequently run on the mobile device.

13. The apparatus according to claim 6, where the mobile device-specific information comprises one of a cell global identity, and a physical cell identity for a cell preferred by a user of the mobile device.

14. The apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising the at least one memory including the computer program code is configured is configured with the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

select at least one information element from a set of information elements related to the operation of the state transition timer for the mobile device, where generating the message comprises using the selected at least one information element to represent the mobile device specific information, where information elements of the set of information elements each comprise a different type of mobile device-specific information.