1. A method of controlling an operation of an application by classifying an application type, comprising: obtaining, by one or more processors of at least one network node, bearer metrics for one or more bearers; computing, by the one or more processors, statistics vectors for the bearer metrics; classifying, by the one or more processors, the application type by locating points on a label map corresponding to the statistics vectors to obtain application type information; and exporting, by the one or more processors, the application type information to a node processor of a network node to control an operation of an application.