Patent ID: 8787239

Claim:
A method of enabling relay-model tethered data calls, comprising the steps of: determining, by a processor at a mobile terminal, if a data call on a wireless network which supports an enhanced multi-flow packet application (EMPA) or a multi-link multi-flow packet application (MMPA) is a relay-model tethered type of data call originated by a tethered equipment that is separate from a base station and is separate from and in communication with the mobile terminal; determining, by the processor at the mobile terminal, if a default link flow type is Flow 1; requesting, by the processor at the mobile terminal, that the base station deactivates Flow 1, if the data call is of the relay-model tethered type and the default link flow type is Flow 1, thereby enabling relay-model tethered data calls over wireless networks using EMPA and MMPA; and proceeding with the data call when Flow 1 is deactivated.