Patent ID: 11943820
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a Wi-Fi access device from an end device, a probe request that includes priority information that indicates an access control class of a priority user and associated priority of Wi-Fi access pertaining to the end device, wherein the access control class is between 10-15 or 11-15 associated with a Long Term Evolution network;
determining, by the Wi-Fi access device, that the Wi-Fi access device is in a congested state or a predicted congested state;
determining, by the Wi-Fi access device, that the probe request pertains to the priority user based on the priority information;
generating, by the Wi-Fi access device based on determining that the probe request pertains to the priority user, a probe response;
transmitting, by the Wi-Fi access device to the end device, the probe response; and
establishing, by the Wi-Fi access device with the end device, a Wi-Fi data connection of a pool of reserved Wi-Fi data connections, which was reserved prior to receiving the probe request, for priority users.