Patent ID: 8520518
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling wireless network operations associated with a flow control process of a wireless communication network involving a data session established between a mobile station and a service node, the flow control process being operative to stop a flow of data packets being communicated to the mobile station in the data session without terminating the data session based on detection of an out-of-coverage condition between the mobile station and the wireless network, the method comprising the acts of: examining, by a network processor, quality of service (QoS) data associated with the data session; causing, by the network processor, the flow control process to be bypassed for the mobile station based on the QoS data indicating that the data session is associated with a predetermined traffic class, so as to prohibit the flow control process from stopping the flow of data packets in the data session without terminating the data session based on detection of the out-of-coverage condition; and allowing the flow control process to be performed for the mobile station based on the QoS data indicating that the data session is not associated with the predetermined traffic class.