Benefits

 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint:

This feature greatly decreases the signaling traffic caused by smart
phones on the control plane, as well as assures the subscribers
experience.

 R8 Fast Dormancy:
Extend UE battery usage and enhance user experience.

Description

 Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy Restraint:

Most of the smart phones equip the large screen and the high frequency CPU
processes, which consume more power and decrease the battery life. Hence
some smart phones adopt Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy feature in order to lower the
power consumption.

Pre-R7 Fast Dormancy function means that UE sends Signaling Connection

Release Indication (SCRI) message soon after it has no PS data traffic on DL/UL.
According to the specification, RAN must transfer the UE from CELL_DCH state
to idle state when it receives the SCRI message. Some of the smart phone uses
this strategy to reduce the power consumption. When the UE requires data
transmission again, it will repeat the procedure of RRC connection, RAB
establishment, encryption, authentication, etc. If this procedure occurs frequently
with a great amount of UEs, it will bring heavy load for control plane of RAN, or
even make RAN congest.

ZTE's RAN monitors all on-line PS services. If UE has no UL/DL data

transmission in specified period, RAN will send Heartbeat data to UE on user
plan which keeps the user plane transmission alive, so that UE will not send
SCRI message. By disabling frequent network disconnection and connection
from the smart phone, the control plane resource will be saved greatly. RAN only
sends Heartbeat data to 3GPP R7 or earlier handsets, not including the 3GPP
R8 UE and data card.

Meanwhile, ZTE's DRBC algorithm is still available for the smart phones. If it is
necessary, the smart phones are transferred to CELL_FACH,
URA_PCH/CELL_PCH or Idle state by RAN. The heartbeat data will not affect
the DRBC strategy. And the traffic statistics will not include the heartbeat data for
the PS service.

 R8 Fast Dormancy:

This feature introduces a simple UE signaling to indicate the state of UE for the
network. A new UE "Signaling Connection Release Indication Cause" indicates
that the UE has decided to stop an activated PS data transmission. On receiving
the IE, UTRAN can decide to trigger an RRC state handover to
URA_PCH/CELL_PCH or IDLE to save battery consumption. The network can
control the using of this function by configuring and sending a timer in SIB1 which
regulates that this function is forbidden within a period of 52 to 120s.

This feature is defined in 3GPP R8 TS25.331 V850.