Method and apparatus for enabling persistent connections with wireless networks
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsSarit Mukherjee, Sanjoy Paul, Krishan Sabnani
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Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for establishing a persistent connection between a user device and a service gateway. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining state information in response to a connection request, establishing a connection between the user device and the service gateway using the state information, and maintaining the state information associated with the connection such that the connection is persistent through at least one network state change.
Claims20
A method for establishing a persistent connection between a user device and a service gateway, comprising:
- obtaining state information in response to a connection request;
- establishing a connection between said user device and said service gateway using said state information;
- and
- maintaining said state information associated with said connection such that said connection is persistent through at least one network state change.
A computer readable medium storing a software program, that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:
- obtaining state information in response to a connection request;
- establishing a connection between a user device and a service gateway using said state information;
- and
- maintaining said state information associated with said connection such that said connection is persistent through at least one network state change.
An apparatus for establishing a persistent connection between a user device and a service gateway, comprising:
- means for obtaining state information in response to a connection request;
- means for establishing a connection between said user device and said service gateway using said state information;
- and
- means for maintaining said state information associated with said connection such that said connection is persistent through at least one network state change.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.