Method and apparatus for controlling communication between user equipment and a base station in a radio access network

Description

The invention pertains to communication between user equipment accessing a radio access network of a cellular communications network and elements of the radio access network, and more particularly to triggering communication states so as to control attributes of the communication between the user equipment and the radio access network.

Aspects

A first aspect of the invention a method is provided for enabling or disabling an attribute used in respect to communication between a NodeB and a user equipment (UE) device. In a second aspect of the invention, a NodeB is provided, comprising means so as to be operative according to respective steps of the method provided in the first aspect of the invention. In a third aspect of the invention, an RNC is provided, comprising means so as to be operative according to respective steps of the method provided in the first aspect of the invention. In a fourth aspect of the invention, a UE device is provided, comprising means so as to be operative according to respective steps of the method provided in the first aspect of the invention. In a fifth aspect of the invention, a RAN is provided, comprising an RNC and a plurality of NodeBs, the RNC and at least one NodeB each comprising means so as to be operative according to respective steps of the method provided in the first aspect of the invention.

Patenting Status

Patent Granted

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