Mobile packet data rate control based on radio load and other measures

A method comprising:

• in response to determining that a transceiver of a base transceiver station is overloaded in transceiving wireless signals with a plurality of mobile devices in a coverage area using a plurality of wireless connections, the wireless signals including data from application servers:
• determining weighted scores using different weights for direct radio measures, a packet retransmission rate of a mobile communications network for the base transceiver station, and a throughput data rate for a wireless connection of the plurality of wireless connections;
• determining an aggregated score from the weighted scores;
• determining a data-rate-control decision for the wireless connection of the plurality using the aggregated score;
• and
• outputting the data-rate-control decision to a packet core handling system of the mobile communications network for controlling the data rate of data transmitted using the wireless connection.

A packet subsystem server for a mobile communications network, the packet subsystem server comprising:

• a processor device;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor device to cause the packet subsystem server to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• in response to determining that a transceiver of a base transceiver station is overloaded in transceiving wireless signals with a plurality of mobile devices in a coverage area using a plurality of wireless connections, the wireless signals including data from application servers:
• determining weighted scores using different weights for direct radio measures, a packet retransmission rate of a mobile communications network for the base transceiver station, and a throughput data rate for a wireless connection of the plurality of wireless connections;
• determining an aggregated score from the weighted scores;
• determining a data-rate-control decision for the wireless connection of the plurality using the aggregated score;
• and
• outputting the data-rate-control decision to a packet core handling system of the mobile communications network for controlling the data rate of data transmitted using the wireless connection.