Patent ID: 11864252
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A device, comprising:
a processor configured to:
send a suspend message to a wireless station associated with a radio resource control (RRC) session for a user equipment (UE) device;
store UE device context information from a core network for the RRC session; and
evaluate a set of criteria for further storing the UE device context information at the wireless station, wherein the evaluation comprises:
determining two or more of:
a level of mobility for the UE device;
a device type for the UE device;
a data traffic type associated with the RRC session; or
a data traffic model for a pairing of the wireless station and another wireless station, and

determining a likelihood that the wireless station will maintain an RRC connection to the UE device following a state transition for the UE device.