Patent ID: 9456460
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing at least one connection, a connection being set up between a mobile terminal and an anchoring gateway situated between a mobile network and a packet switching network, and being capable of bearing at least one communication session to the packet switching network, wherein the method comprises the following acts: reception of a management message from a piece of equipment that is capable of managing said at least one connection, said message comprising at least one piece of information relating to a change of the connection to an obsolete state without an instruction for the mobile terminal to release the connection, and an identifier relating to the connection, determination of a need for a new connection, by analysis of said at least one connection in progress at least on the basis of the received information, when the analysis determines that a need for the new connection exists, triggering a transmission of a request for setup of the new connection between the mobile terminal and a new anchoring gateway, as a function of the analysis.