Synchronized connection closing
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJohan Kölhi, John Orre, Robert Skog
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Abstract
A method for a network element in a network, through which network element a communications device can communicate with the network via one or more connections, the method comprising: detecting traffic for the one or more connections from the communications device; in response to no traffic being detected on a connection for a first time period, closing each connection for which no traffic has been detected for a second time period, among the one or more connections. Corresponding network element is also provided.
Claims22
A method performed by a network element in a network, wherein a communications device can communicate with the network via the network element, the method comprising:
- detecting traffic for a first connection established by the communication device;
- detecting traffic for a second connection established by the communication device;
- and
- in response to no traffic being detected on the first connection, the second connection, or another connection established by the communication device for a first time period, a) determining, at the end of a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period, whether or not to close the first connection and b) separately determining, at the end of the second time period, whether or not to close the second connection, wherein
- determining whether or not to close the first connection comprises determining whether the first connection was idle during the entire second time period,
- determining whether or not to close the second connection comprises determining whether the second connection was idle during the entire second time period, and
- the method further comprises:
- closing the first connection if it was determined that the first connection was idle during the entire second time period, otherwise refraining from closing the first connection;
- and
- closing the second connection if it was determined that the second connection was idle during the entire second time period, otherwise refraining from closing the second connection.
A network element in a network, through which network element a communications device can communicate with the network via one or more connections, the network element comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- processing circuitry coupled to the memory, wherein the network element is configured to:
- detect traffic for a first connection established by the communication device;
- detect traffic for a second connection established by the communication device;
- and
- in response to no traffic being detected on the first connection, the second connection, or another connection established by the communication device for a first time period, a) determine, at the end of a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period, whether or not to close the first connection and b) separately determine, at the end of the second time period, whether or not to close the second connection, wherein
- the network element is configured to determine whether or not to close the first connection by performing a process that comprises determining whether the first connection was idle during the entire second time period,
- the network element is configured to determine whether or not to close the second connection by performing a process that comprises determining whether the second connection was idle during the entire second time period, and
- the network element is further configured to:
- close the first connection if it was determined that the first connection was idle during the entire second time period, otherwise refraining from closing the first connection;
- and
- close the second connection if it was determined that the second connection was idle during the entire second time period, otherwise refraining from closing the second connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.