Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and gateway to handle inactivity timer expiry with a converged gateway
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Application No.: US14648499Application Date: 2013-11-27
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Publication No.: US09839055B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: John Cartmell
- Applicant: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/072290 WO 20131127
- International Announcement: WO2014/085622 WO 20140605
- Main IPC: H04W88/16
- IPC: H04W88/16 ; H04W76/02 ; H04W76/06 ; H04W76/00 ; H04W76/04

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for handling the expiration of an inactivity timer. A cellular communications system may include a gateway (GW), for example, a converged gateway (CGW) or a local gateway (LGW). The GW may intercept a first message from the eNB intended for a mobility management entity (MME). The first message may include an indication to initiate removal of a first bearer and a second bearer. The first bearer may include an SI bearer associated with the eNB and the GW and/or include a Radio Bearer associated with the eNB and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRLI). The second bearer may include an S I bearer associated with the GW and a serving gateway (SGW). The GW may determine to maintain the second bearer to maintain a communication path associated with the GW and a WTRU and/or send a second message to the eNB to remove the first bearer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150312950A1 METHOD AND GATEWAY TO HANDLE INACTIVITY TIMER EXPIRY WITH A CONVERGED GATEWAY Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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