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Provisioning of application categories at a user equipment during network congestion

  • US 10,420,017 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2017
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus of a network element configured to apply Application Specific Congestion Control for Data Communication (ACDC) in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising:

  • one or more processors to;

    determine, at the network element, to apply ACDC in the wireless network to mitigate overload of the wireless network; and

    process, at the network element, barring information for one or more ACDC categories for transmission to a user equipment (UE) when ACDC is applied in the wireless network, wherein the barring information indicates that the UE is prevented from accessing the network for applications associated with the one or more ACDC categories when ACDC is applied in the wireless network; and

    process one or more ACDC categories for transmission to the UE, wherein a highest ACDC category is associated with applications that are least likely to be restricted at the UE and a lowest ACDC category is associated with applications that are most likely to be restricted at the UE, andmemory to store the one or more ACDC categories and an indication of the applications included in the one or more ACDC categories.

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