Patent ID: 11943741
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
determining whether the at least one RAN node is in the first connection mode, the determining whether the at least one RAN node is in the first connection mode including,
transmitting a first signaling message to the at least one RAN node, and
receiving a response message corresponding to the first signaling message from the at least one RAN node; and

the determining whether to transmit the at least one signaling message to the at least one RAN node includes,
determining whether the response message includes an indication that the at least one RAN node is in the second connection mode, and
restricting transmission of the at least one signaling message to the at least one RAN node based on results of the determining whether the response message includes the indication.