Method and apparatus for proactive load control
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorDevaki CHANDRAMOULI
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to cause a redirection request to be provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to one or more access nodes to cause at least some of user equipment returning from an idle mode to be redirected from the AMF to an alternate AMF within a same AMF set. In response to a subsequent determination to stop redirection, the method, apparatus and computer program product also cause a cease redirection request to be provided by the AMF to one or more access nodes in order to stop redirection of user equipment returning from the idle mode to the alternate AMF.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- cause a redirection request to be provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to one or more access nodes to cause at least some of user equipment returning from an idle mode to be redirected from the AMF to an alternate AMF within a same AMF set;
- and
- in response to a subsequent determination to stop redirection, cause a cease redirection request to be provided by the AMF to one or more access nodes in order to stop redirection of user equipment returning from the idle mode to the alternate AMF.
A method comprising:
- causing a redirection request to be provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to one or more access nodes to cause at least some of user equipment returning from an idle mode to be redirected from the AMF to an alternate AMF within a same AMF set;
- and
- in response to a subsequent determination to stop redirection, causing a cease redirection request to be provided by the AMF to one or more access nodes in order to stop redirection of user equipment returning from the idle mode to the alternate AMF.
A computer program product comprises at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions configured, upon execution, to:
- cause a redirection request to be provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF) to one or more access nodes to cause at least some of user equipment returning from an idle mode to be redirected from the AMF to an alternate AMF within a same AMF set;
- and
- in response to a subsequent determination to stop redirection, cause a cease redirection request to be provided by the AMF to one or more access nodes in order to stop redirection of user equipment returning from the idle mode to the alternate AMF.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.