Dedicated barring and escape command

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method includes receiving a connection request in uplink signaling from a user equipment, the user equipment being located in a cell; making a determination whether the user equipment can be connected and, if it is determined that the user equipment cannot be connected, informing the user equipment by downlink signaling, as a response to the connection request, that the user equipment cannot be connected. The downlink signaling includes information that indicates that the user equipment should de-prioritize a current carrier frequency or current radio access technology, and can further include a timer value to indicate a period of time for which the current carrier frequency or current radio access technology is to be de-prioritized. The method can be executed by an evolved NodeB (eNB) of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN).

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technical field [0001] The exemplary and non-limiting embodiments of the present invention relate generally to wireless communication systems, methods, apparatuses and computer programs, and more particularly to radio resource control (RRC) signaling, user equipment (UE) connection requests and network responses, and Access class barring. Background technique [0002] This section is intended to provide a background or context to the invention that is recited in the claims. The descriptions herein may include concepts that can be explored, but not necessarily concepts that have been previously conceived, implemented or described. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated herein, what is described in this section is not prior art to what is described and claimed in this application and is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section. [0003] A situation may arise in which the core network is overloaded, or a radio access network node (such as a base station or Nod...

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But as soon as the network rejects the RRC connection request from the UE, the UE will be out of service from the user's point of view, since it cannot establish any kind of data or

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