CPC H04L 1/0002 (2013.01) [H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 28/02 (2013.01); H04W 28/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A rate control method performed by a mobility management entity (MME), the method comprising:
the MME receiving an uplink (UL) Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message transmitted by a wireless communication device (WCD); and
after receiving the UL NAS message, the MME generating a downlink (DL) NAS message and transmitting the DL NAS message towards the WCD, wherein
the DL NAS message transmitted by the MME comprises information indicating a number of UL NAS messages containing user data that the WCD is permitted send to the MME within a certain time period.
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