Patent ID: 9167479
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for queued admissions control by a services network element, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by a services network element and from a core network, a bearer establishment request associated with a user equipment served by an access network, wherein the services network element implements an application function and resides outside of the access network and the core network; determining, by the services network element, that a cell where the user equipment is located is congested; in response to determining that the cell is congested, creating, by the services network element, a bearer establishment request record (BERR) associated with the user equipment and the bearer establishment request, wherein the BERR comprises priority information associated with the BERR; and adding, by the services network element, the BERR to a queue, wherein the queue is associated with a cell serving the user equipment, wherein the BERR is positioned in the queue based on the priority information, and wherein bearer establishment requests associated with BERRs in the queue are submitted based on a position of the BERRs in the queue.