CPC H04W 60/04 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/245 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, in response to a registration request comprising an information element (IE) indicating presence of at least one pending uplink signal sent by a user equipment (UE), a registration acceptance message from a network;
ascertaining an incapability of the network to process the at least one pending uplink signal based on the registration acceptance message, wherein the registration acceptance message indicates that the network is not capable of processing the at least one pending uplink signal and the UE is registered at the network; and
managing a connection between the UE and the network in response to the registration acceptance message based on the incapability of the network to process the at least one pending uplink signal by managing a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling connection between the UE and the network.
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