Wireless data service using dynamic data rates based on serving radio bands and historical data rates

A method of operating a wireless communication network to serve a wireless User Equipment (UE) over wireless access nodes and a wireless network core, the method comprising:

• the wireless network core exchanging initial data with the wireless access nodes using initial data rates;
• the wireless access nodes exchanging the initial data with the wireless network core using the initial data rates and wirelessly exchanging the initial data with the wireless UE over radio bands;
• the wireless network core determining a data rate level for the wireless UE based on the initial data rates, identifying a serving one of the wireless access nodes currently serving the wireless UE over a serving one of the radio bands, identifying the serving one of the radio bands, and determining a new data rate based on the data rate level and the serving one of the radio bands, wherein the wireless network core determining the new data rate comprises determining a downlink Ambient Bit Rate (AMBR);
• the wireless network core exchanging new data with the serving one of the wireless access nodes using the new data rate;
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• the serving one of the wireless access nodes exchanging the new data with the wireless network core using the new data rate and wirelessly exchanging the new data with the wireless UE over the serving one of the radio bands.