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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Ye Huang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Suzann Hua, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 36/144 (2023.05); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method may include establishing, for a user equipment (UE) device, a data session via a network and determining whether the network is congested or overloaded or whether a power level of the UE device is less than a threshold. The method may also include instructing the UE device to re-register for a Category M1 (Cat-M1) data session, in response to determining that the network is congested or overloaded or the power level of the UE device is less than the threshold.