Patent ID: 9451628
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of priority indication in wireless communications, the method comprising: receiving an access request from an access terminal (AT); determining that the AT is a priority AT and that no resources are available; transmitting, by an access network (AN), an access deny message to the priority AT in response to the access request, wherein the access deny message includes a pending period to prompt the priority AT to enter a monitor state mode for a time defined by the pending period, and wherein the monitor state mode prohibits the priority AT from sending another access request during the pending period and causes the priority AT to be receptive to messages from the AN throughout the pending period; queuing the access request until a resource becomes available; determining whether the priority AT is enabled to wait in the monitor state mode; transmitting a first resource available message to the priority AT upon a determination that a resource has become available and the AT is enabled to wait in the monitor state mode, wherein the first resource available message is transmitted as soon as the resource has become available; and transmitting a second resource available message at a next regular slot for the priority AT when the AT is not enabled to wait in the monitor state mode, wherein the next regular slot is a time when the priority AT is available to receive the second resource available message outside of the monitor state mode.