Patent ID: 9462611
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for accessing a mobile communication system by a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) device, comprising; after an access network element (NE) acquires a queue limiting factor, acquiring, by an MTC device of a common access level, a queue limiting factor corresponding to the common access level by monitoring a broadcast channel; computing, by the MTC device, a local buffer queue length; determining, according to the computed local buffer queue length and the acquired queue limiting factor, whether extended access barring (EAB) can be performed; when EAB cannot be performed, continuing to acquire the queue limiting factor corresponding to the common access level by monitoring the broadcast channel; when EAB can be performed, executing the EAB, and determining, according to a result of executing the EAB, whether to initiate mobile communication system random access.