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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Rajil Malhotra, Olathe, KS (US);

Saravana Velusamy, Olathe, KS (US);

Mike Erich, Olathe, KS (US);

Rajesh Nautiyal, Olathe, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system of selecting a quality of service (QoS) level for a bearer. According to the disclosure, a network controller may track a level of congestion of a base station and report that congestion information to a policy server. Thereafter, the policy server may receive a message indicating that a new bearer is needed for a communication session with a user equipment device (UE) being served by the base station. In response, the policy server may select a QoS level for the new bearer based at least in part on the based station's level of congestion (and also perhaps based on a type of the communication session), and the policy server may then invoke use of the selected QoS level for the new bearer.


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