US 12,323,909 B2
Systems and methods for application function-initiated admission control for a core network
Suzann Hua, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Miguel A. Carames, Long Valley, NJ (US); Ye Huang, San Ramon, CA (US); and Parry Cornell Booker, Sunnyvale, TX (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,052.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370962 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive information associating a particular application function (“AF”) and a first User Equipment (“UE”) with a first set of admission control options;
receive information associating the particular AF and a second UE with a second set of admission control options;
receive a request to establish a first communication session, via a core network, between the particular AF and the first UE;
select, based on the information associating the particular AF and the first UE with the first set of admission control options, the first set of admission control options for the requested first communication session between the particular AF and the first UE;
receive, from the first UE, a selection of a first admission control option of the first set of admission control options;
identify one or more actions associated with the first admission control option, wherein the one or more actions include at least one of:
rejecting the request to establish the first communication session, or
accepting the request to establish the first communication session;
perform the one or more identified actions associated with the first admission control option;
receive a second request to establish a second communication session between the particular AF and the second UE;
select, based on the information associating the particular AF and the second UE with the second set of admission control options, the second set of admission control options for the requested second communication session between the particular AF and the second UE; and
perform a particular action, associated with the second admission control option, with respect to the requested second communication session between the particular AF and the second UE.