Patent ID: 8923116

Claim:
A method of managing activation of network management policies in a mobile network, the method comprising: prior to a change in location of a mobile device between a first location area and a second location area of a plurality of location areas of a mobile network, receiving, by the mobile device, a network management policy for the second location area, wherein the location area includes a plurality of cells forming the location area; responsive to a change in the location of the mobile device in the mobile network, determining if a new location is on a location area list distributed by a proxy server, wherein the location area list includes a congestion trigger associated with a congested network at a cell; and activating, by the mobile device, a network management policy associated with the mobile device when the new location is on the location area list, wherein the network management policy does not have specific binding to a particular location in the mobile network but is responsive to the congestion trigger in the location area list such that the network management policy is activated when the mobile device enters the congested cell but is not activated in uncongested cells in the location area.