Prevention of bandwidth abuse of a communications system

A tangible computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, cause the performance of operations comprising:

• establishing a first credit threshold;
• establishing a second credit threshold;
• incrementing an initial number of credits if the first credit threshold is not reached;
• determining if the first credit threshold has been reached by the incremental initial number of credits;
• if the first credit threshold is reached:
• resetting the incremented initial number of credits to the initial number of credits;
• analyzing a communication to determine if the communication is non-permissible;
• if the communication is determined to be non-permissible, decreasing the first credit threshold;
• and
• if the communication is determined to be permissible, increasing the first credit threshold;
• comparing the second credit threshold to the first credit threshold;
• and
• implementing a policy based on whether the first credit threshold reaches the second credit threshold.

A tangible computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, cause the performance of operations comprising:

• establishing a first credit threshold;
• establishing a second credit threshold;
• incrementing an initial number of credits if the first credit threshold is not reached, wherein each credit of the initial number of credits is indicative of at least one wireless radio access bearer request;
• determining if the first credit threshold has been reached by the incremental initial number of credits;
• if the first credit threshold is reached:
• resetting the incremented initial number of credits to the initial number of credits;
• analyzing a communication to determine if the communication is non-permissible;
• and
• if the communication is determined to be non-permissible, decreasing the first credit threshold when the communication is determined to be non-permissible;
• comparing the second credit threshold to the first credit threshold;
• and
• implementing a policy based on whether the first credit threshold reaches the second credit threshold.