Identifying communication paths based on packet data network gateway status reports
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsSaravana Velusamy, Sreekar Marupaduga, Ryan P. Dreiling
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Abstract
A Long Term Evolution (LTE) network connects wireless communication devices to an Internet. In the LTE network, a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) exchanges user communications between the wireless communication devices and the Internet. The P-GW determines a number of additional wireless communication devices the P-GW can serve and transfers the number to a Mobility Management Entity (MME). The MME allocates a new wireless communication device to the P-GW based on the number of additional wireless communication devices reported by the P-GW. The MME may redirect one of the wireless communication devices to the P-GW based on the number.
Claims20
A method of operating a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to connect wireless communication devices to an Internet, the method comprising:
- a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) exchanging user communications between the wireless communication devices and the Internet;
- the P-GW determining a number of additional wireless communication devices the P-GW can serve and the P-GW transferring the number of additional wireless communication devices;
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- a Mobility Management Entity (MME) receiving the number additional wireless communication devices for the P-GW and allocating a new wireless communication device to the P-GW based on the number of additional wireless communication devices reported by the P-GW.
A Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to connect wireless communication devices to an Internet, the LTE network comprising:
- a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) configured to exchange user communications between the wireless communication devices and the Internet, determine a number of additional wireless communication devices the P-GW can serve, and transfer the number of additional wireless communication devices;
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- a Mobility Management Entity (MME) configured to receive the number additional wireless communication devices for the P-GW and allocate a new wireless communication device to the P-GW based on the number of additional wireless communication devices reported by the P-GW.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.