Patent ID: 9288434
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04J,H04L,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A method, performed by an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), for congestion control in a network, the method comprising: determining that a congestion condition exists on the network; and transmitting a suspension notification to a user equipment (UE), the UE being in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the eNodeB, to notify the UE that a radio bearer (RB) operating in the network will be suspended, upon determining that the congestion condition exists, wherein the suspension notification is transmitted in a radio resource control (RRC) Suspend Radio Bearer message including a backoff timer to indicate a time duration for which the UE shall wait before requesting resources on the corresponding RB, and wherein a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) discard timer has been modified based on a value of the backoff timer.