Patent ID: 8620370

Claim:
A node located in a wireless telecommunications network and configured to administer a number of sessions with a plurality of user equipments, the node comprising: a procedure latency monitor unit configured to establish a measurement window associated with a procedure within the wireless telecommunications network and during the measurement window is further configured to measure a predetermined number of delta times, where each measured delta time indicates an amount of time that takes place between a start of the procedure and a stop of the procedure; the procedure latency monitor unit upon completion of the measurement window is configured to take the predetermined number of measured delta times and is further configured to calculate a mean delta time which is an average of the measured delta times; the procedure latency monitor unit is configured to compare the mean delta time with a predetermined threshold which is also associated with the procedure and if the mean delta time exceeds the threshold then the procedure latency monitor unit is configured to issue a high load signal associated with the procedure; and an admission control mechanism that is configured to receive the high load signal associated with the procedure and is further configured to activate an admission action.