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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Cellco Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Arda Aksu, Martinez, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Steven R. Rados, Danville, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Celico Partnership, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device receives a pilot channel from an access network, without connecting to the access network. The pilot channel includes information identifying an actual usage associated with the access network. The device determines whether the actual usage of the access network is greater than a particular usage associated with the access network, and selectively connects to the access network based on whether the actual usage of the access network is greater than the particular usage. The device connects to the access network, to provide data to a core network, when the actual usage of the access network is not greater than the particular usage. The device does not connect to the access network when the actual usage of the access network is greater than the particular usage.