Congestion based scheduling based on device capabilities

A method for providing congestion-based scheduling in a network, the method, comprising:

• receiving, from a first user device, a device capability message, wherein the device capability message comprises a number of receive antennas of the first user device for each supported frequency band;
• determining that the number of receive antennas of the first user device is not equal to the number of receive antennas required by the network operator for an assigned frequency band;
• based on the determining, determining that a network congestion metric exceeds a predefined threshold;
• and
• prioritizing at least one downlink transmission to a second user device, based on the network congestion metric exceeding the predefined threshold.

A non-transitory computer storage media storing computer-usable instructions that, when used by one or more processors, cause the processor to:

• receive, from a first user device, a device capability message, wherein the device capability message comprises a number of receive antennas of the first user device for each supported frequency band;
• determine that the number of receive antennas of the first user device is not equal to the number of receive antennas required by a network operator for an assigned frequency band;
• based on the determination, prioritize at least one downlink transmission to at least one second user device, wherein the second user device comprises the number of receive antennas required by the network operator for the assigned frequency band;
• and
• transmit prioritization information to the first user device and the at least one second user device.