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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
sending, by a first wireless station, a suspend message to a second wireless station serving a radio resource control (RRC) session for a user equipment (UE) device;
storing, by the first wireless station, UE device context information from a core network for the RRC session; and
evaluating, by the first wireless station, a set of criteria for storing the UE device context information at the second wireless station, wherein the evaluating 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 first wireless station and the second wireless station, and

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