Systems and methods for intelligent throughput distribution amongst applications of a User Equipment

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) of distributing throughput amongst a plurality of applications residing at the UE, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a network node, recommended bit rate (RBR) information indicating a throughput value allocated to the UE;
• allocating a codec rate to at least one voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application among the plurality of applications residing at the UE, based on the throughput value allocated to the UE;
• and
• allocating a bit rate to each of a plurality of non-VoIP applications among the plurality of applications residing at the UE, based on a throughput requirement respectively associated with the plurality of non-VoIP applications and a remaining throughput value of the throughput value allocated to the UE,
• wherein the codec rate comprises a throughput associated with a VoIP application and the bit rate comprises a throughput associated with a non-VoIP application.