US 11,863,312 B2
System, methods, and apparatuses for managing data rate for control plane optimization
Hans Rönneke, Kungsbacka (SE); Peter Hedman, Helsingborg (SE); Lars-Bertil Olsson, Angered (SE); and Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Ljungsbro (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,127.
Application 17/720,127 is a continuation of application No. 16/913,875, filed on Jun. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,309,987.
Application 16/913,875 is a continuation of application No. 15/319,842, granted, now 10,805,036, issued on Oct. 13, 2020, previously published as PCT/EP2016/076290, filed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/296,952, filed on Feb. 18, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321246 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 28/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.