Patent ID: 9603070
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A machine-readable storage device comprising instructions, which, responsive to being executed by a processing system including a baseband processor of a cellular phone that facilitates communications with a stationary base station, cause the processing system to perform operations comprising: responsive to a determination that a first communication session is in a first sub-state, monitoring for an active timer associated with the first sub-state, wherein the active timer was commenced by the cellular phone according to a wireless communications protocol, and wherein the first communication session is in the first sub-state due to network congestion; determining how to process held packet switching service initiation requests; and preventing, by the baseband processor, a packet switching service initiation request associated with a second communication session from being transmitted during a duration of the active timer by a transceiver of the cellular phone to obtain a held packet switching service initiation request associated with the second communication session; and processing the held packet switching service initiation request associated with the second communication session based on the determining of how to process the held packet switching service initiation requests, wherein the packet switching service initiation request for the second communication session is generated by an applications processor of the cellular phone, wherein the monitoring for the active timer associated with the first sub-state includes monitoring for a first active timer among a group of active timers that are associated with the first sub-state, wherein the preventing of the packet switching service initiation request from being transmitted is responsive to a detection of the packet switching service initiation request.