TIMER EXPIRATION PERIOD DETERMINATION METHOD, NETWORK NODE, BASE STATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

A network node (100 or 200) is configured to determine, on the basis of a degree of congestion of a wireless access network (10), an expiration period of a timer (101) used to determine a transition from a connected state to an idle state of a mobile terminal (300) which connects via the wireless access network (10) to a mobile core network (20). It is thus possible, as an example, to suppress drops in the success rate of connection to the network by mobile terminals which may occur due to adjustments to the expiration period of a UE inactivity timer.