Selective layer-2 flushing in mobile communication terminals

摘要

A method includes classifying signaling messages to be transmitted from a mobile communication terminal into one or more classes, wherein each class corresponds to a respective event relating to the terminal and specifies the signaling messages that become irrelevant when the event occurs. The signaling messages are queued for transmission in a queue. In response to detecting an occurrence of a given event, the irrelevant signaling messages are removed from the queue based on the class specifying irrelevant signaling messages corresponding to the given event.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
classifying signaling messages to be transmitted from a mobile communication terminal into one or more classes, including at least a given class that specifies the signaling messages that become irrelevant when the mobile communication terminal transitions between base stations; queuing the signaling messages for transmission in a queue; and when an event occurs in which the mobile communication terminal transitions from a first base station to a second base station, removing from the queue one or more of the pending signaling messages that relate to the first base station and belong to the given class.