DISCONNECTION TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
An apparatus includes a host, and a communications control module. The communications control module exchanges information with a communications network, such as a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network. The host determines whether a termination condition exists. Based on this determination, the communications control module performs a signaling connection release indication procedure when a termination condition exists.
1 . A method, comprising:
operating in a connection mode with a communications network
determining whether a termination condition exists;
based on the determination, performing a signaling connection release indication procedure when a termination condition exists;
operating in an idle mode with the communications network after completion of the Signaling Connection Release Indication procedure.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining comprises determining whether any pending calls with the communications network exist.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining comprises determining whether any communications applications are running.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining comprises concluding that a terminating condition exists when there is an absence of pending calls with the communications network and there are no communications applications running.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining comprises concluding that a termination condition exists when there is an absence of pending calls with the communications network and an e-mail application is the only running communications application.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein said operating in the connection mode comprises having a radio resource control (RRC) protocol with the communications network.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the signaling connection release indication procedure comprises sending the communications network a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a message to a control module across a host controller interface (HCI) to initiate the signaling connection release indication procedure.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communications network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network.
10 . An apparatus, comprising:
a host, and a communications control module;
wherein the communications control module is to exchange information with a communications network; and
wherein the host is to determine that a termination condition exists, and based on the determination, the communications control module is to perform a signaling connection release indication procedure.
11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said host is to determine that a terminating condition exists when there is an absence of pending calls with the communications network and there are no communications applications running.
12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said host is to determine that a termination condition exists when there is an absence of pending calls with the communications network and an e-mail application is the only running communications application.
13 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the communications network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network.
14 . The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a host controller interface (HCI) to provide for the exchange of information between the host and the communications control module.
15 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the host is to send a message to the communications control module across the HCI, the message to initiate the signaling connection release indication procedure.
16 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the communications control module is to send the communications network a SIGNALLING CONNECTION RELEASE INDICATION message when performing the signaling connection release indication procedure.
17 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the host is to perform one or more user applications.
18 . An article, comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:
operate in a connection mode with a communications network
determine whether a termination condition exists;
based on the determination, perform a signaling connection release indication procedure when a termination condition exists; and
operate in an idle mode with the communications network after completion of the Signaling Connection Release Indication procedure.
19 . The article of claim 18 , wherein the machine-readable storage medium contains instructions that if executed enable a system to conclude that a terminating condition exists when there is an absence of pending calls with the communications network and there are no communications applications running.
20 . The article of claim 18 , wherein the machine-readable storage medium contains instructions that if executed enable a system to conclude that a termination condition exists when there is an absence of pending calls with the communications network and an e-mail application is the only running communications application.