Patent ID: 8553631
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing set-up time for communications among multiple user equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, the method comprising: receiving, by an LTE subsystem, a request for an LTE connection from a first UE, wherein the request comprises an identifier of a virtual channel associated with the first UE; responsive to contents in the request for the LTE connection, generating, by the LTE subsystem, on behalf of the first UE, a request to transmit media on the virtual channel, wherein the request to transmit comprises the identifier of the virtual channel included in the request received from the first UE; and sending, by the LTE subsystem, the request to transmit to an application server to trigger an establishment of a call to deliver a media transmission, from the first UE, to at least one other UE associated with the virtual channel.