Patent ID: 9332573
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for bearer control in a group call, the method comprising: receiving a trigger to adjust a quality of service (QoS) level of an uplink bearer of a plurality of uplink bearers established for the group call; identifying, based on a profile associated with each user device, two or more user devices as candidates for a QoS adjustment of an uplink bearer, wherein at least one user device of the two or more user devices is a participant in the group call; increasing a QoS level of an uplink bearer, of the plurality of uplink bearers, of a user device of the two or more user devices identified as candidates for a QoS adjustment, wherein the user device whose QoS level is increased is a participant in the group call; and decreasing a QoS level of an uplink bearer of another user device of the two or more user devices identified as candidates for a QoS adjustment, wherein the another user device is selected for a QoS adjustment based on a pre-emption vulnerability and a priority level associated with the another user device.