Providing a Deny Response that Specifies a Delay Time

Abstract

A system receives, from a mobile station, a connection request that specifies a particular application type. In response to determining that the connection request is to be denied, the system sends a response denying the connection request to the mobile station, where the response includes a delay time that is applicable to the particular application type but not to another application type, and where the delay time indicates an amount of delay that the mobile station is to wait before resending another connection request.

1 .- 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A mobile station comprising:
 an interface to perform wireless communications with an access network; and   at least one processor configured to:
 send a first connection request that specifies a first type of packet communication; 
 receive a response indicating that the first connection request has been denied, wherein the response contains a delay time applicable to the first type of packet communication but not to another type of packet communication; 
 send a second connection request that specifies a second type of packet communication, wherein sending the second connection request is not dependent on the delay time in the response. 
   
     
     
         22 . The mobile station of  claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 wait the delay time before sending another connection request for the first type of packet communication.   
     
     
         23 . The mobile station of  claim 21 , wherein the first connection request has a field settable to one of plural different values to specify a corresponding one of plural different types of packet communication. 
     
     
         24 . The mobile station of  claim 23 , wherein the plural types of packet communication include a type of delay-sensitive packet communication and a type of non-delay sensitive packet communication. 
     
     
         25 . The mobile station of  claim 23 , wherein plural types of packet communication include types of packet communication selected from among: voice communications, an emergency communication, web browsing communications, electronic gaming communications, streaming communications, and an electronic mail communication. 
     
     
         26 . The mobile station of  claim 23 , wherein the plural types of packet communication include communications according to different priorities. 
     
     
         27 . The mobile station of  claim 23 , wherein the plural types of packet communications include communications according to different qualities of service. 
     
     
         28 . A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing programming instructions executable by at least one processor of a mobile station to:
 send a first connection request that specifies a first type of packet communication;   receive a response indicating that the first connection request has been denied, wherein the response contains a delay time applicable to the first type of packet communication but not to another type of packet communication; and   send a second connection request that specifies a second type of packet communication, wherein sending the second connection request is not dependent on the delay time in the response.   
     
     
         29 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 28 , wherein the programming instructions are further executable by at least one processor of the mobile station to:
 wait the delay time before sending another connection request for the first type of packet communication.   
     
     
         30 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 28 , wherein the first connection request has a field settable to one of plural different values to specify a corresponding one of plural different types of packet communication. 
     
     
         31 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 30 , wherein the plural types of packet communication include a type of delay-sensitive packet communication and a type of non-delay sensitive packet communication. 
     
     
         32 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 30 , wherein plural types of packet communication include types of packet communication selected from among: voice communications, an emergency communication, web browsing communications, electronic gaming communications, streaming communications, and an electronic mail communication. 
     
     
         33 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 30 , wherein the plural types of packet communication include communications according to different priorities. 
     
     
         34 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 30 , wherein the plural types of packet communications include communications according to different qualities of service. 
     
     
         35 . A non-transitory computer readable memory medium storing programming instructions executable by at least one processor of a network node to:
 receive, from a mobile station, a first connection request that specifies a first type of packet communication;   determine whether or not to deny the first connection request based on the first type of packet communication specified by the first connection request;   send, in response to determining that the first connection request is to be denied, a response to the mobile station indicating that the first connection request has been denied, wherein the response contains a delay time applicable to the first type of packet communication but not to another type of packet communication; and   receive, from the mobile station, a second connection request that specifies a second type of packet communication, wherein sending the second connection request is not dependent on the delay time in the response.   
     
     
         36 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 35 , wherein the delay time indicates an amount of delay that the mobile station is to wait before resending another connection request for the first particular type of application. 
     
     
         37 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 35 , wherein the first connection request has a field settable to one of plural different values to specify a corresponding one of plural different types of packet communication. 
     
     
         38 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 37 , wherein the plural types of packet communication include a type of delay-sensitive packet communication and a type of non-delay sensitive packet communication. 
     
     
         39 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 35 , wherein the network node is part of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) network. 
     
     
         40 . The non-transitory computer readable memory medium of  claim 35 , wherein the network node is part of a third generation mobile telecommunications network.