Patent ID: 9585054
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), for managing user plane congestion in a network, the method comprising: provisioning the WTRU with a plurality of application-specific congestion control categories, including a highest ranked application-specific congestion control category and a lowest ranked application-specific congestion control category, wherein the highest ranked application-specific congestion control category includes one or more operator identified applications subject to a least amount of restrictions, and wherein the lowest ranked application-specific congestion control category includes one or more operator identified applications subject to a most amount of restrictions; receiving congestion control information for each of the plurality of application-specific congestion control categories from the network, wherein the congestion control information includes a time period during which access to the network is restricted; determining not to attempt to access the network for any of the operator identified applications of the lowest ranked application-specific congestion control category based on the congestion control information for the lowest ranked application-specific congestion control category; and transmitting a request for access to the network for at least one of the operator identified applications of the highest ranked application-specific congestion control category during the time period in which access to the network is restricted for the lowest ranked application-specific congestion control category.