Arranging a data transmission connection
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsKim Simelius, Kari Puranen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for maintaining a first data transmission connection from a terminal device (PC) to a telecommunications network, the first data transmission connection comprising a first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and a wireless communications device (MS) and a second partial connection between the wireless communications device (MS) and the telecommunications network. In the method, said second partial connection is suspended and the first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and the wireless communications device (MS) is set to idle mode, meaning that the connection is terminated on the physical layer but maintained on a higher layer.
Claims13
A method for maintaining a first data transmission connection from a terminal device (PC) to a telecommunications network (NW1), the first data transmission connection comprising a first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and a wireless communications device (MS) and a second partial connection between the wireless communications device (MS) and the telecommunications network (NW1), in which method said second partial connection is suspended,
- wherein
- the first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and the wireless communications device (MS) is set to idle mode, meaning that the connection is terminated on the physical layer but maintained on a higher layer.
A wireless communications device (MS) comprising
- means (IR1, BT1, CTRL1) for establishing a first partial connection within a first data transmission connection between a terminal device (PC) and said wireless communications device (MS),
- means (RF, CTRL1) for establishing and terminating a second partial connection within a first data transmission connection between said wireless communications device (MS) and a telecommunications network (NW1),
- wherein
- the wireless communications device (MS) also includes means (CTRL1, IR1, BT1) for setting the first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and the wireless communications device (MS) into idle mode, where the connection is adapted to be terminated on the physical layer and maintained on a higher layer.
A data transmission system comprising at least one telecommunications network (NW1), at least one wireless communications device (MS) and at least one terminal device (PC), means (IR1, BT1, CTRL1) for establishing a first partial connection within a first data transmission connection between the terminal device (PC) and said wireless communications device (MS), means (RF, CTRL1) for establishing and terminating a second partial connection within a first data transmission connection between said wireless communications device (MS) and a telecommunications network (NW1),
- wherein
- the data transmission system also includes means (CTRL1, IR1, BT1) for setting the first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and the wireless communications device (MS) to idle mode, where the connection is adapted to be terminated on the physical layer and maintained on a higher layer.
A wireless communications device (MS) comprising
- a first transceiver (IR1, BT1, CTRL1) for establishing a first partial connection within a first data transmission connection between a terminal device (PC) and said wireless communications device (MS),
- a second transceiver (RF, CTRL1) for establishing and terminating a second partial connection within a first data transmission connection between said wireless communications device (MS) and a telecommunications network (NW1),
- wherein
- the wireless communications device (MS) also includes a processor (CTRL1, IR1, BT1) for setting the first partial connection between the terminal device (PC) and the wireless communications device (MS) to idle mode, where the connection is adapted to be terminated on the physical layer and maintained on a higher layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.