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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a device that has established a first connection to a first packet data network (PDN), a message to initiate a second connection to a second PDN;
determining, by the device and based on a PDN priority list, that a priority of the second PDN is higher than a priority of the 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

causing, by the device and 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.