Patent ID: 9467326
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a network device, a request from an access point; determining, by the network device, whether a ratio between a current load of the network device and a capacity of the network device exceeds a threshold; determining, by the network device, whether the request is associated with dependent messages based on a message type of the request, wherein the dependent messages are to be transmitted to the network device by the access point according to a predetermined sequence order in response to successful transmission and processing of the request by the network device; in response to the ratio between the current load and the capacity exceeding the threshold and the request being associated with dependent messages, determining, by the network device, a wait time period based at least on the ratio between the current load and the capacity; and responding, by the network device, to the access point with a message including the wait time period.