1. A method of controlling an operation of an application in a communication network 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 in the communication network; 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 that is associated with the one or more bearers; 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 by adjusting a scheduling of data communications for the one or more bearers.