Resuming radio connections in a communication network
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorChih-Hsiang Wu
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Abstract
To resume a connection with a base station, a user equipment (UE) communicates messages with the base station in accordance with a format that corresponds to a first radio access technology (RAT), using a radio connection over a radio interface that conforms to a second RAT (702). The UE suspends the radio connection (704) and, subsequently to the suspending, transmits to the base station an indication that the radio connection has been resumed, in accordance with the format that corresponds to the first RAT (708).
Claims20
A method in a user equipment (UE) for resuming a connection with a base station, the method comprising:
- communicating, by the UE with the base station, messages in accordance with a format that corresponds to a first radio access technology (RAT), using a radio connection over a radio interface that conforms to a second RAT;
- suspending, by the UE, the radio connection;
- and
- subsequently to the suspending, transmitting, by the UE to the base station, an indication that the radio connection has been resumed, in accordance with the format that corresponds to the first RAT.
A method in a base station for resuming a connection with a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- communicating, by the base station, messages with the UE in accordance with a format that corresponds to a first RAT, using a radio connection over a radio interface that conforms to a second RAT;
- transmitting, by the base station to the UE, a command to release the radio connection;
- subsequently to the transmitting, receiving, by the base station from the UE, an indication that the connection has been resumed;
- and
- decoding, by the base station, the indication in accordance with the format that corresponds to the first RAT.
A base station for resuming a connection with a user equipment (UE), the base station comprising processing hardware configured to:
- communicate messages with the UE in accordance with a format that corresponds to a first RAT, using a radio connection over a radio interface that conforms to a second RAT;
- transmit, to the UE, a command to release the radio connection;
- subsequently to transmitting the command, receive, from the UE, an indication that the connection has been resumed;
- and
- decode the indication in accordance with the format that corresponds to the first RAT.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.