Method of Enhanced Application Specific Congestion Control for Data Communication Mechanism

A terminal equipment (TE), comprising:

• a transmitter that transmits a first Attention (AT) read command by a terminal equipment (TE) in a mobile communication network, wherein the first AT command is for querying application specific access control status information;
• a receiver that receives a response from a mobile termination (MT), wherein the response includes the application specific access control status information indicating whether application specific access control is applicable;
• and
• a connection handling circuit that attempts to establish a connection with the network by sending a second AT command for providing application information to the MT when application specific access control is applicable, otherwise refrain from sending the second AT command when application specific access control is inapplicable.

A method, comprising:

• determining application specific access control status information by a mobile termination (MT) in a mobile communication network;
• detecting whether the application specific access control status information has changed, wherein the application specific access control status information comprises whether application specific access control is applicable;
• determining whether application specific access control status reporting is enabled by a terminal equipment (TE);
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• transmitting updated application specific access control status information to the TE via an Unsolicited Result Code (URC) if the application specific access control status information has changed and if the application specific access control status reporting is enabled.

A Mobile Termination (MT) comprising:

• a detector that determines application specific access control status information in a mobile communication network, wherein the MT also detects whether the application specific access control status information has changed, wherein the application specific access control status information comprises whether application specific access control is applicable;
• a status reporting circuit that determines whether application specific access control status reporting is enabled by a terminal equipment (TE);
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• a transmitter that transmits updated application specific access control status information to the TE via an Unsolicited Result Code (URC) if the application specific access control status information has changed and if the application specific access control status reporting is enabled.