Patent ID: 8953596
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for communication, the method comprising: monitoring, at a mobile station, an air interface connection between the mobile station and a base station, wherein the air interface connection supports a first bandwidth in a first direction between the base station and the mobile station and supports a second bandwidth in an opposite direction between the base station and the mobile station; receiving a message from the base station at the mobile station, wherein an indicator included in the message indicates that the base station has reduced the first bandwidth, and wherein the message comprises an internet protocol (IP) packet; reducing the second bandwidth in response to determining, at the mobile station based on the indicator, that the base station has reduced the first bandwid; and transmitting a second message from the mobile station to the base station, wherein a value of a particular field of the second message being a null value enables a reduction of the second bandwidth by the base station.