DELAY OF ACCESS TO ASSIST MANAGEMENT OF CONGESTION IN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS
First Claim
1. A method of assisting management of congestion in a radio access network comprising at least a plurality of user equipments, each of said plurality of user equipments being configured to have one of a plurality of classes, and the radio access network being capable of being configured to bar access, at least temporarily, from a respective user equipment according to the class of the respective user equipment in order to reduce congestion, by transmitting equipment class barring data which indicates at least one class of user equipment which is to be barred,the method comprising, at a user equipment:
- holding user equipment class data indicating a given class of the user equipment;
receiving signalling data including an equipment class access barring data item which indicates that said given class of user equipment is to be barred, and one or more additional data items indicative of loading of the radio access network;
matching the given user equipment class to said equipment class barring data item, and in response thereto setting a barred status at the user equipment; and
in response to said barred status setting, determining a delay time for an attempt to access the radio access network, based at least in part upon said one or more additional data items.
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Abstract
A radio access network includes user equipments configured to one of several classes, and is capable of being configured to bar access, at least temporarily, from a user equipment according to its class in order to reduce congestion, by transmitting equipment class barring data which indicates at least one class of user equipment which is to be barred. A user equipment receives signalling data including an equipment class access barring data item, and one or more additional data items indicative of loading of the radio access network. The user equipment matches its class to the equipment class barring data item, and in response to the matching, sets a barred status at the user equipment. In response to the barred status setting, the user equipment determines a delay time for an attempt to access the radio access network, based at least in part upon the one or more additional data items.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of assisting management of congestion in a radio access network comprising at least a plurality of user equipments, each of said plurality of user equipments being configured to have one of a plurality of classes, and the radio access network being capable of being configured to bar access, at least temporarily, from a respective user equipment according to the class of the respective user equipment in order to reduce congestion, by transmitting equipment class barring data which indicates at least one class of user equipment which is to be barred,
the method comprising, at a user equipment: -
holding user equipment class data indicating a given class of the user equipment; receiving signalling data including an equipment class access barring data item which indicates that said given class of user equipment is to be barred, and one or more additional data items indicative of loading of the radio access network; matching the given user equipment class to said equipment class barring data item, and in response thereto setting a barred status at the user equipment; and in response to said barred status setting, determining a delay time for an attempt to access the radio access network, based at least in part upon said one or more additional data items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. User equipment for assisting management of congestion in a radio access network comprising at least a plurality of user equipments, each of said plurality of user equipments being configured to have one of a plurality of classes, and the radio access network being capable of being configured to bar access, at least temporarily, from a respective user equipment according to the class of the respective user equipment in order to reduce congestion, by transmitting equipment class barring data which indicates at least one class of user equipment which is to be barred,
the user equipment comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to at least: -
hold user equipment class data indicating a given class of the user equipment; receive signalling data including an equipment class access barring data item which indicates that said given class of user equipment is to be barred, and one or more additional data items indicative of loading of the radio access network; match the given user equipment class to said equipment class barring data item, and in response thereto setting a barred status at the user equipment; and in response to said barred status setting, determine a delay to an attempt to access the radio access network by a delay time, based at least in part upon said one or more additional data items. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. Apparatus for assisting management of congestion in a radio access network comprising at least a plurality of user equipments, each of said plurality of user equipments being configured to have one of a plurality of classes, and the radio access network being capable of being configured to bar access, at least temporarily, from a respective user equipment according to the class of the respective user equipment in order to reduce congestion, by transmitting equipment class barring data which indicates at least one class of user equipment which is to be barred,
the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least: -
transmit an equipment class access barring data item which indicates that said given class of user equipment is to be barred; determine a parameter indicative of loading of the radio access network; transmit said parameter, along with said equipment class access barring data item, to delay an attempt to access the radio access network by a barred class of user equipment dependent on said parameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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