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Back-off timer for network reattachment

A back-off timer, network technology, used in connection management, access restrictions, electrical components, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2020-01-03
NOKIA NETWORKS OY
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However, UEs that detach and then reattach to the same network receive a new data limit quota

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[0021] Certain embodiments allow real-time tracking of how often a UE, such as a cellular IoT device, attempts to attach to a network within a given period of time. Based on the real-time tracking, the network node can control the network access frequency of the UE by imposing a timer (eg, an attach back-off timer). The attach back-off timer may also be simply referred to as a back-off timer. In other embodiments, the attach back-off timer may be referred to as an attach timer, a re-attach timer, or a re-registration timer. The backoff timer may include a duration during which the UE is not allowed to reattach to the network. The network may be any type of communication network, eg a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). The use of backoff timers can help prevent users from circumventing data limit quotas by detaching and then quickly reattaching to the network. Additionally, the UE may log off or disengage from the network when no data is being transmitted. Such UE power sav...

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Various communication systems may benefit from improved network signaling or attachment. A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving at a network node an initial attachment request messagefrom a user equipment. The method may also include issuing a back-off timer when accepting the initial attachment request from the user equipment. The back-off timer may include a duration of time inwhich the user equipment is not allowed to reattach to a network. In addition, the method may include receiving at the network node another attachment request message from the user equipment. Further, the method may include determining whether the duration of the back-off timer has lapsed, and rejecting the another attachment request from the user equipment when the duration of time of the back-off timer has not lapsed.

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technical field [0001] Various communication systems can benefit from improved network signaling and attachment. For example, some communication systems may benefit from a backoff timer that prevents user equipment from reattaching to the network for the duration of the timer. Background technique [0002] Given the current rate of growth of cellular technology, it is expected that there will be more than 20 billion wirelessly connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices by 2020. Quite a few of these devices could be cellular IoT devices connected via a cellular network. Cellular IoT devices, also known as cellular IoT user equipment (UEs), generate bursty but infrequent traffic and have been optimized for infrequent small data transfers. However, transmitting small data frequently consumes more network resources than sending large amounts of data infrequently. [0003] Mobile service providers typically design the fee models they use to bill users based on total data usage...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04W48/02H04W60/00
CPCH04W48/02H04W60/00H04W76/18H04M15/88H04W48/16H04W48/18H04W60/04
Inventor H·P·希塔拉蒂J-P·科斯基南J·刘
Owner NOKIA NETWORKS OY