Method and apparatus for performing a demotion in a cellular communications network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAlexandre Gerber, Zhuoqing Mao, Feng Qian, Subhabrata Sen, Oliver Spatscheck, Zhaoguang Wang
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Abstract
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for performing a demotion in a cellular communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a packet indicating that a batching transfer is completed, determines if a background packet was received after receiving the packet indicating that the batching transfer is completed and demotes a state of a state machine implemented by a radio network controller to a lower state if the background packet was not received.
Claims20
A method for performing a demotion in a cellular communications network, comprising:
- receiving a packet indicating that a batching transfer is completed;
- determining if a background packet was received after receiving the packet indicating that the batching transfer is completed;
- and
- demoting a state of a state machine implemented by a radio network controller to a lower state if the background packet was not received.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for performing a demotion in a cellular communications network, comprising:
- receiving a packet indicating that a batching transfer is completed;
- determining if a background packet was received after receiving the packet indicating that the batching transfer is completed;
- and
- demoting a state of a state machine implemented by a radio network controller to a lower state if the background packet was not received.
An apparatus for performing a demotion in a cellular communications network, comprising:
- means for receiving a packet indicating that a batching transfer is completed;
- means for determining if a background packet was received after receiving the packet indicating that the batching transfer is completed;
- and
- means for demoting a state of a state machine implemented by a radio network controller to a lower state if the background packet was not received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.