Patent ID: 9743447
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method of controlling a back-off timer in a terminal configured with multiple priorities, the method comprising: transmitting, by the terminal to a network, a first non-access stratum (NAS) request message set to a first priority level; starting a session management (SM) back-off timer with a wait time value configured by a network, when the first NAS request message is rejected by the network, if the first NAS request message indicates the first priority level which corresponds to the case in which the terminal is configured with a NAS signaling low priority; and transmitting, by the terminal to the network, a second NAS request message, which is not set to the first priority level, while the session management (SM) back-off timer is running, wherein the SM back-off timer runs with respect to a specific access point name (APN), and wherein when the second NAS message is a packet data network (PDN) connection request message, the second NAS message is sent to the specific APN, wherein when the second NAS message is a bearer modification request message or a bearer resource allocation message, the second NAS message is sent for an established PDN connection, which is not set to the first priority level, when the SM back-off timer runs with respect to the specific access point name (APN), and wherein the multiple priorities of the terminal are set by a non-access stratum (NAS) configuration management object (MO).