Patent ID: 9332550
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling transitions between operational states for a user equipment, UE, in a radio access network, the operational states comprising a first state and a second state, the method comprising: determining, by a node, a threshold time value wherein the determination of the threshold time value comprises: obtaining a first resource consumption value representing resource consumption in the radio access network for residing in the first state, obtaining a second resource consumption value representing resource consumption in the radio access network for switching from the first state to the second state and residing in the second state, and calculating the threshold time value that is indicative of when the first resource consumption value is equal to the second resource consumption value; transmitting, by the node, the threshold time value to the UE; and using, by the UE, the determined threshold time value for deciding whether or not to request switching from the first state to the second state.