APPLICATION ACCESS CLASS BARRING

1 . An evolved node B (eNB) operable to support application access class (AAC) barring, the eNB having circuitry configured to:

communicate, to a user equipment (UE), that the eNB has a capability to support application access class (AAC) barring;

generate an AAC message that includes one or more AAC parameters related to the AAC barring; and

send the AAC message to the UE, wherein the UE is barred from loading one or more applications based on the one or more AAC parameters in the AAC message.

2 . The circuitry of claim 1 , further configured to communicate the capability indicating that eNB supports the AAC barring in a system information block 2 (SIB2) message.

3 . The circuitry of claim 1 , further configured to send the one or more AAC parameters in a system information block 2 (SIB2) message.

4 . The circuitry of claim 1 , wherein the AAC parameters in the AAC message include at least one of: an AAC barring support parameter, an AAC barring type parameter, an AAC barring factor parameter, an AAC barring time parameter or an access class barring radio resource control (RRC) connected parameter.

5 . The circuitry of claim 4 , wherein the AAC barring type parameter in the AAC message indicates an AAC value, the AAC value being an integer that represents an application type that is barred at the UE.

6 . The circuitry of claim 5 , wherein the application type indicated in the AAC value includes at least one of: a multimedia telephony service (MMTEL) application, a circuit switched fallback (CSFB), or a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) application.

7 . The circuitry of claim 1 , further configured to:

determine the AAC value in a medium access control (MAC) layer of the eNB; and

generate the AAC message to include the AAC value.

8 . The circuitry of claim 1 , wherein the AAC message sent to the UE includes a one-bit message indicating that the UE is subject to AAC barring when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode.

9 . A user equipment (UE) operable to support application access class (AAC) barring, the UE having circuitry configured to:

receive an AAC message from an evolved node B (eNB) that includes a plurality of application access class (AAC) barring configurations;

select an AAC barring configuration in the AAC message that corresponds to a type of application that is operating at the UE;

perform a random access channel (RACH) procedure based on the selected AAC barring configuration in order to support the type of application operating at the UE.

10 . The circuitry of claim 9 , wherein the AAC barring configuration for the UE indicates one or more applications that are barred from accessing a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

11 . The circuitry of claim 9 , further configured to perform the RACH procedure in accordance with the AAC barring configuration in order to reduce congestion at the RACH.

12 . The circuitry of claim 9 , wherein the AAC message received from the eNB includes a capability at the eNB to support the AAC barring.

13 . The circuitry of claim 9 , wherein the AAC message received from the eNB is a system information block 2 (SIB2) message.

14 . The circuitry of claim 9 , wherein the ACC barring configuration in the AAC message includes one or more AAC barring parameters, the AAC barring parameters including at least one of: an AAC barring support parameter, an AAC barring type parameter, an AAC barring factor parameter, an AAC barring time parameter or an access class barring radio resource control (RRC) connected parameter.

15 . The circuitry of claim 14 , wherein the AAC barring type parameter in the AAC message indicates an AAC value, the AAC value being an integer that represents an application type that is barred at the UE.

16 . The circuitry of claim 15 , wherein the application type indicated in the AAC value includes at least one of: a multimedia telephony service (MMTEL) application, a circuit switched fallback (CSFB), or a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) application.

17 . The circuitry of claim 15 , further configured to:

operate at least two applications simultaneously at the UE; and

select one AAC barring configuration for one of the two applications based on the AAC values associated with each of the two applications, the AAC values being included in the plurality of AAC barring configurations in the AAC message; and

perform the RACH procedure based on the selected AAC barring configuration.

18 . The circuitry of claim 9 , wherein the AAC message received from the eNB includes a one-bit message indicating that the UE is subject to AAC barring when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode.

19 . The circuitry of claim 9 , wherein the UE includes an antenna, a touch sensitive display screen, a speaker, a microphone, a graphics processor, an application processor, internal memory, or a non-volatile memory port.

20 . A method for supporting application access class (AAC) barring, the eNB having circuitry configured to:

communicating, from an evolved node B (eNB) to a user equipment (UE), that the eNB has a capability to support application access class (AAC) barring;

generating an AAC message that includes one or more AAC parameters related to the AAC barring; and

sending the AAC message, from the eNB to the UE, wherein the UE is barred from loading one or more applications UE based on the one or more AAC parameters in the AAC message.

21 . The method of claim 20 , further comprising communicating the capability indicating that eNB supports the AAC barring and the AAC message in a system information block 2 (SIB2) message.

22 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the AAC parameters in the AAC message include at least one of: an AAC barring support parameter, an AAC barring type parameter, an AAC barring factor parameter, an AAC barring time parameter or an access class barring radio resource control (RRC) connected parameter.

23 . The method of claim 20 , further comprising:

determining the AAC value in a medium access control (MAC) layer of the eNB; and

generating the AAC message to include the AAC value.

24 . The method of claim 20 , further comprising sending a one-bit message to the UE indicating that the UE is subject to AAC barring when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode, the one-bit message being included in the AAC message.