US 10,945,193 B2 · Congestion control in a network

Abstract

The present invention provides a congestion control method and apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a user equipment, a first network connection request to a network device of a first mobile network; receiving, by the user equipment, a first network connection rejection message from the network device, where the first network connection rejection message includes network switching indication information, where the network switching indication information is used for instructing the user equipment to switch to a second mobile network, and the network switching indication information is from a subscription manager SM; and accessing, by the user equipment, the second mobile network according to the network switching indication information. The present invention ensures normal execution of a service on an eUICC user equipment when network congestion occurs.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A congestion control method, comprising:

receiving, by a subscription manager (SM), congestion state information from a network device of a first mobile network, wherein the congestion state information is used for indicating that the first mobile network is congested, and the congestion state information comprises information of a user equipment (UE);
determining, by the SM according to the congestion state information, that the UE meets a network switching condition;
sending, by the SM, network switching indication information to the network device, wherein the network switching indication information is used for instructing the user equipment to access a second mobile network;
and
receiving, by the network device, a congestion reporting indication from the SM, wherein the congestion reporting indication is used for instructing the first mobile network to send, when the first mobile network is congested, the congestion state information.

2 more elements

A system for congestion control, comprising a network device of a first mobile network and a subscription manager (SM),

the network device, configured to send congestion state information to the SM, wherein the congestion state information is used for indicating that the first mobile network is congested, and the congestion state information comprises information of a user equipment (UE);
the SM, configured to receive the congestion state information;
the SM, configured to determine, according to the congestion state information, that the UE meets a network switching condition;
and
the SM, configured to send network switching indication information to the network device, wherein the network switching indication information is used for instructing the user equipment to access a second mobile network;
the network device, configured to receive the network switching indication information from the SM;
and
the network device, configured to receive a congestion reporting indication from the SM, wherein the congestion reporting indication is used for instructing the first mobile network to send, when the first mobile network is congested, the congestion state information.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Congestion control in a network

Life of this patent

Congestion control in a network

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims12