Patent ID: 9668213
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for improving wireless network capacity, the method comprising: calculating, at a core network entity processing circuit, a plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters in response to a received service request from at least one user equipment being served by a base station, the plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters including a service request rate and connection time change parameter for the at least one user equipment; adjusting, at the core network entity processing circuit, a dormancy timer for the at least one user equipment based on (i) at least one load condition for the wireless network, and (ii) a comparison between each of the plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameters and a corresponding one of a plurality of dormancy timer adjustment parameter threshold values; and outputting, by a communication interface, the adjusted dormancy timer to the base station serving the at least one user equipment, wherein