Patent ID: 9277462
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. In a communication system comprising a wireless network serving user equipment devices (UEs), wherein the wireless network stores, for each UE served by the wireless network, a context record for the UE, wherein the context record specifies a bearer connection established for the UE, a method comprising: the wireless network detecting a threshold number of context release messages being transmitted between at least two network entities in the wireless network, wherein the threshold number is greater than one; and in response to detecting the threshold number of context release messages being transmitted between at least two network entities in the wireless network, the wireless network (i) detaching from the wireless network each UE being, at the time of detecting the threshold number of context release messages being transmitted between at least two network entities in the wireless network, served by the wireless network but (ii) preserving the context records for the detached UEs.