Radio access network (RAN) aware service delivery for Push-to-talk-over-Cellular (PoC) networks

A method comprising:

• maintaining, by a server in a communications network, an outgoing notification list comprising a plurality of notifications;
• delivering, by the server, a first subset of the plurality of notifications to one or more first mobile units at a first point in time, wherein the plurality of notifications comprises the first subset and a second subset of the plurality of notifications at the first point in time;
• determining, by the server, a delay time period for delaying delivery of a second subset of the plurality of notifications to one or more second mobile units;
• and
• delivering of the second subset of the plurality of notifications to one or more second mobile units at a second point in time, wherein the second point in time is after the first point in time by the delay time period.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a server in a communications services platform, location information regarding a plurality of mobile units in a network;
• identifying, by the server, first mobile units of the plurality of mobile units served by a same cell or a same group of cells in the network;
• throttling, by the server, delivery of a plurality of notifications within a first time period to the first mobile units, wherein throttling delivery of the plurality of notifications comprises:
• delivering first notifications of the plurality of notifications to a fewer number of the first mobile units than a maximum number of mobile units;
• and
• delaying delivery of second notifications of the plurality of notifications for an additional number of the mobile units until a second time period after the first time period.