Patent ID: 7881195

Claim:
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: identifying, by a network processor, an indication which indicates whether data in the data session are communicated at less than a predetermined data rate or frequency interval; causing, by the network processor, the flow control process to be bypassed for the mobile station based on the indication indicating that the data in the data session are communicated at less than the predetermined data rate or frequency interval, 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 indication indicating that the data in the data session are communicated at greater than the predetermined data rate or frequency interval.