Patent ID: 11937312
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A device that has established a first connection to a first packet data network (PDN), comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
obtain a message to initiate a second connection to a second PDN;
determine, based on a PDN priority list, that a priority of the second PDN is higher than the priority of a first PDN based on a comparison of the priority of the second PDN and the priority of the first PDN,
wherein the PDN priority list identifies a plurality of PDNs, including the first PDN and the second PDN, and a respective preference level and a corresponding time limit, associated with a respective run time for each of the plurality of PDNs; and

cause, based on the comparison of the priority of the second PDN and the priority of the first PDN, suspension of the first connection to the first PDN.