Patent ID: 8543112

Claim:
A method of restricting the establishment of communications in a mobile telecommunications network, comprising: at least one network element that, upon receiving a message, the message being at least one of: a communication setup message or a paging message, decides whether to transmit the message based upon a type of service requested, wherein the message is transmitted when the message is a request for a low data rate service, wherein the at least one network element further considers a priority level of an intended recipient, and wherein the at least one network element further performs at least one of the following: (i) considers a priority level of a first mobile terminal initiating the message, wherein the intended recipient is a second mobile terminal, and wherein the at least one network element transmits the message where the message is received from and for a low priority mobile terminal and the at least one network element has fallen below a cell utilisation threshold, or (ii) transmits the message where the intended recipient of the message has a low priority level and a paging area associated with the intended recipient does not include an area of congestion.