Patent ID: 9729302
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A base station apparatus having a serving cell coupled to a network, the base station apparatus comprising: a processor coupled to a memory and configured to: determine a hold period for which a core network resource of the core network is to be held for a mobile station apparatus coupled to the base station apparatus, in accordance with a communication frequency of the mobile station apparatus, the core network being configured to couple a radio access network and a public network, the communication frequency of the mobile station apparatus comprising an average communication interval of the mobile station apparatus, the core network resource being used for setting a bearer in the core network for the mobile station apparatus; modify the hold period based on at least one of: an available capacity of resources of the base station apparatus, a number of users coupled to the base station apparatus in the serving cell and a radio signal quality of the mobile station apparatus; and cause a gateway apparatus in the core network to release the core network resource after the hold period, by transmitting information indicating the hold period to the gateway apparatus.