M2m device retry instruction to non-peak network time

A network device, comprising:

• a memory configured to store a plurality of instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute instructions in the memory to:
• store, in the memory, back-off definitions for different service categories of machine-type communications (MTC);
• receive a service connection request originating from a wireless terminal;
• identify the service connection request as a MTC request;
• identify an available bandwidth capacity for at least one portion of a network associated with the MTC request;
• determine, when the available bandwidth is below an admission threshold capacity, an admission control level for the MTC request, wherein the admission control level is selected from a group of different admission control levels;
• calculate a retry interval for the MTC request based on the determined admission control level for the MTC request and the available bandwidth capacity;
• and
• send the retry interval with a response for the MTC request.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computational device to:

• store back-off definitions for different service categories of machine-type communications (MTC);
• receive a service connection request originating from a wireless terminal;
• identify the service connection request as a MTC request;
• identify an available bandwidth capacity for at least one portion of a network associated with the MTC request;
• determine, when the available bandwidth is below an admission threshold capacity, an admission control level for the MTC request, wherein the admission control level is selected from a group of different admission control levels;
• calculate a retry interval for the MTC request based on the determined admission control level for the MTC request and the available bandwidth capacity;
• and
• send the retry interval with a response for the MTC request.