Patent ID: 8908610
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing resources of a network, the method comprising: receiving, at a node controller, a first communications request from a first remote user device; determining, by the node controller, a first priority associated with the first communications request; determining, by the node controller, whether any channel of the network is idle; in response to determining that no channel of the network is idle, determining, by the node controller, whether a second communications request from a second remote user device using a channel is associated with a second priority lower than the first priority associated with the first communications request; in response to determining that the second communications request from the second remote user device is associated with the second priority lower than the first priority associated with the first communications request, based on a nature of the first communications request, providing, by the node controller after transmission of at least a portion of the data associated with the first communications request, a notification to the first remote user device, the notification comprising a prompt to increase the first priority associated with the first communications request.