Patent ID: 11863312
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A mobility management entity (MME) comprising:
a network interface operable to receive an uplink (UL) Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message transmitted by a wireless communication device (WCD); and
a data processing system comprising one or more processors, wherein the data processing system is configured such that the data processing system:
generates a downlink (DL) NAS message; and
employs the network interface to transmit the DL NAS message towards the WCD, wherein
the DL NAS message comprises information indicating a number of UL NAS messages containing user data that the WCD is permitted send to the MME within a certain time period.