Patent ID: 9462571
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a mobility management entity comprising a processor, whether to delay a paging procedure to deliver a downlink paging message to a mobile device served by the mobility management entity; when the mobility management entity determines that the paging procedure to deliver the downlink paging message to the mobile device should be delayed, storing the downlink paging message in a downlink paging message bundling cache; receiving, by the mobility management entity, a current device bundling state from the mobile device; determining, by the mobility management entity, whether the current device bundling state is set to conserve resources; when the mobility management entity determines that the current device bundling state is not set to conserve resources, determining, by the mobility management entity, that the paging procedure to deliver the downlink paging message to the mobile device should not be delayed and, in response, initiating the paging procedure without delay and without storing the downlink paging message in the downlink paging message bundling cache; and when the mobility management entity determines that the current device bundling state is set to conserve resources, determining, by the mobility management entity, that the paging procedure to deliver the downlink paging message to the mobile device should be delayed.