Patent ID: 8837386
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of radio resource management in a wireless device, using a wireless technology supported by a mobile network to establish a data connection thereto, the method comprising: determining at the wireless device a type of the data connection for mobile originated data connections or mobile terminated data connections to be established between the wireless device and the mobile network; determining dynamically at the wireless device a radio resource capability mode for the data connection based on resource requirements of the determined type of the data connection, wherein the radio resource capability mode is selected from a plurality of radio resource capability modes supported by the wireless device for the wireless technology to connect to the mobile network; conveying the determined radio resource capability mode selected from the plurality of radio resource capability modes from the wireless device to the mobile network during the data connection establishment between the wireless device and the mobile network, wherein the conveyed radio resource capability mode is used by the mobile network to assign radio resources to be allocated to the wireless device for the data connection; and deciding by the wireless device, when selecting radio resource capability mode to convey to the mobile network, whether the wireless device conceals one or more higher data rate radio resource capability modes of the plurality of radio resource capability modes from the mobile network to direct assignment of radio resources by the mobile network appropriate to suit usage requirements of the determined type of the data connection.