Method and apparatus for admission control in a wireless communication system

Abstract

A method and network element are provided that perform admission control in a wireless communication system by, in response to receiving a new bearer request associated with a user equipment (UE), can free up bearers currently allocated to the UE when the UE's bearer limit is reached. In response to receiving a bearer request associated with the UE, the method and network element determines a number of bearers currently allocated to the UE, wherein the UE is limited to a maximum number of bearers, and when the UE currently is allocated its maximum number of bearers, determines a priority associated with the bearer request, compares the determined priority to a priority associated with each bearer currently allocated to UE to produce one or more comparisons, and based on the one or more comparisons, determining whether to preempt a currently allocated bearer to admit the requested bearer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.