Patent ID: 8200236

Claim:
A control unit for use in a wireless communication network for controlling a user terminal's ability to communicate with the network, comprising: at least one input means for receiving event information about at least one trigger event indicating that the user terminal is likely to wish to communicate with the network within a predetermined period of time; a decision logic, in response to the trigger event, for deciding whether a current state of the user terminal should be changed to enable the user terminal to communicate with the network, wherein the decision logic is further configured to decide whether the current state should be changed based on a number of radio bearers needed for services to which the user terminal has subscribed and a number of bearers that have already been established for the user terminal; and an output means for triggering a state change for the user terminal change to a new state in which the user terminal is able to communicate with the network, when the decision logic decides that the state of the of the user terminal should be changed.