US 10,098,066 B2 · Auxiliary back-off to avoid battery and network resource depletion in variable network conditions

Abstract

The embodiments of the disclosure include methods and apparatus that provide back-off procedures for avoiding device/network resource depletion in bad network conditions. A device user may selectively enable an auxiliary back-off procedure that extends the time between network service requests. For example, the auxiliary back-off procedure may be used if the device determines an attach request is unsuccessful when a reject message is received from the network and the reject message indicates a reject cause for which the device has no defined back-off to follow. The auxiliary back-off procedure may be also be used if the device determines that a service request is unsuccessful when the service request is ignored, i.e. no response is received from the network, or, when a service request reject is received from the network and the reject message indicates a reject cause for which the device has no defined back-off to follow.

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Dependent claims

A device comprising:

one or more processors;
and,
memory in communication with the one or more processors, the memory comprising program instructions, that when executed, causes the one or more processors to control the device to:
transmit a service request to a network;
determine that the service request has been unsuccessful based on an event;
determine if a first back-off procedure is defined for the event;
and, if the first back-off procedure is not defined for the event;
determine if a second back-off procedure is enabled;
and,
perform the second back-off procedure if the second back-off procedure is enabled.

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A device comprising:

a user interface;
one or more processors in communication with the user interface;
and,
memory in communication with the one or more processors, the memory comprising program instructions, that when executed, causes the one or more processors to control the device to:
receive input at the user interface, the input enabling an auxiliary back-off procedure;
send a service request to a network;
determine that the service request has been unsuccessful based on an event;
determine whether a defined back-off procedure is configured for the event;
determine, in response to defined back-off procedure not being configured for the event, whether the auxiliary back-off procedure is enabled;
and,
perform, in response to a determination that the auxiliary back-off is enabled, the auxiliary back-off procedure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Auxiliary back-off to avoid battery and network resource depletion in variable network conditions

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Auxiliary back-off to avoid battery and network resource depletion in variable network conditions

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Abstract

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