Chandra K Punyapu

US Patent:

20070004417, Jan 4, 2007

Filed:

Jun 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/172313

Inventors:

Donald Dorsey - Vernon Hills IL, US
Ravi Gopalakrishnan - Mundelein IL, US
Chandra Punyapu - Mundelein IL, US
Padmaja Putcha - Gurnee IL, US
Sharada Raghuram - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Li Su - Grayslake IL, US
Ramesh Sudini - Lake Zurich IL, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455445000

Abstract:

While engaged in a dedicated channel, a User Equipment (UE) may get stuck on it. A method and the computer program product detects whether the UE is stuck on the dedicated channel (). When it is detected that the UE is stuck, the UE or the corresponding network in which the dedicated channel is located carries out a local release of the UE from the dedicated channel (), and the UE is placed in idle mode (). Locally releasing the UE from the dedicated channel curtails unnecessary battery consumption in the UE and limits wastage of network resources and bandwidth.