Apparatus and method for removing path management
An apparatus includes least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program, the at least one memory and the computer program operable to, with the at least one processor, direct the apparatus at least to: identify a mobile station (MS) as a tunneling protocol endpoint; and configure an access bearer for the MS to prevent activation of a path management procedure for an entire data session; wherein the path management procedure comprises at least one of echo request messages, echo response messages, and version not supported messages.
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program, the at least one memory and the computer program operable to, with the at least one processor, direct the apparatus at least to:
identify a mobile station (MS) as a tunneling protocol endpoint; and
configure an access bearer for the MS to prevent activation of a path management procedure for an entire data session;
wherein the path management procedure comprises at least one of echo request messages, echo response messages, and version not supported messages.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the access bearer is a radio access bearer.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tunneling protocol endpoint is a general packet radio service tunneling endpoint.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further directed to cause transmission of the access bearer to a universal generic access network controller.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a serving general packet radio service support node.
6. A method comprising:
identifying a mobile station (MS) as a tunneling protocol endpoint; and
configuring an access bearer for the MS to prevent activation of a path management procedure for an entire data session;
wherein the path management procedure comprises at least one of echo request messages, echo response messages, and version not supported messages.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the access bearer is a radio access bearer.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the tunneling protocol endpoint is a general packet radio service tunneling endpoint.
9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising causing transmission of the access bearer to a universal generic access network controller.
10. The method of claim 6 , performed by a serving general packet radio service support node.
11. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program, the at least one memory and the computer program operable to, with the at least one processor, direct the apparatus at least to:
identify a mobile station (MS) as a tunneling protocol endpoint; and
configure a data context activation for the MS to prevent activation of a path management procedure for an entire data session;
wherein the path management procedure comprises at least one of echo request messages, echo response messages, and version not supported messages.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the data context activation is a packet data protocol context activation.
13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the tunneling protocol endpoint is a general packet radio service tunneling endpoint.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus is further directed to cause transmission of the data context activation to a universal generic access network controller.
15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the apparatus comprises a serving general packet radio service support node.
16. A method comprising:
identifying a mobile station (MS) as a tunneling protocol endpoint; and
configuring a data context activation for the MS to prevent activation of a path management procedure for an entire data session;
wherein the path management procedure comprises at least one of echo request messages, echo response messages, and version not supported messages.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the data context activation is a packet data protocol context activation.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the tunneling protocol endpoint is a general packet radio service tunneling endpoint.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising causing transmission of the data context activation to a universal generic access network controller.
20. The method of claim 16 , performed by a serving general packet radio service support node.