Patent ID: 8665721

Claim:
A method, comprising: after a determination that a user equipment (UE) for which a Gateway General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) Support Node (GGSN) is maintaining a Packet Data Protocol (PDP), context record is sending or receiving data using a data path that does not include the GGSN, wherein the GGSN is configured to release the PDP context record after a predetermined amount of time in response to not having received a communication originated by or directed to the UE, originating a data packet at a source other than the UE, the source located downstream from a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and on a data path between a Security Gateway (SeGW) and the GGSN, and sending the data packet from the source to the GGSN, the GGSN configured to maintain the PDP context record beyond the predetermined amount of time in response to having received the data packet.