System and method for selecting a wireless serving mode
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorJerzy W. Miernik
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Abstract
A system and method for selecting a wireless serving node include the capability to receive a wireless registration request at a wireless serving node and to determine whether the serving node is managing a wireless session associated with the registration request. The system and method also include the capability to generate a wireless session inquiry if the serving node is not managing a wireless session associated with the registration request, to receive a wireless session response containing a serving node identifier, and to generate a wireless registration response containing the serving node identifier.
Claims20
A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which selection of a wireless serving node occurs, comprising:
- enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications;
- generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan;
- and
- facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications includes a protocol that comprises:
- receiving a wireless registration request associated with a wireless serving node, wherein a determination is made as to whether the serving node is managing a wireless session associated with the registration request;
- and
- generating a wireless session inquiry for a group of associated wireless serving nodes if the serving node is not managing a wireless session associated with the registration request, wherein a wireless session response, which contains a serving node identifier, is received and a wireless registration response containing the serving node identifier is subsequently generated, and wherein the time elapsed since generating the wireless session inquiry is determined, whereby the establishment of a wireless session is initiated if a predetermined amount of time has elapsed.
A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which selection of a wireless serving node occurs, comprising:
- enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications;
- generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan;
- and
- facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications includes a protocol that comprises:
- receiving a wireless session inquiry associated with a wireless serving node;
- determining whether the serving node is managing a wireless session associated with the session inquiry;
- generating a wireless session response containing an identifier for the serving node if the serving node is managing a wireless session associated with the session inquiry;
- determining whether the serving node is associated with a network from which the session inquiry originated;
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- generating a wireless session response containing an identifier for the serving node only if the serving node is associated with the network from which the session inquiry originated.
A method for enlisting one or more end users in a network environment in which selection of a wireless serving node occurs, comprising:
- enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with network communications;
- generating a bill associated with one or more of the end users, the bill being based on the billing plan;
- and
- facilitating network communications for one or more of the end users in response to the end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications includes a protocol that comprises:
- detecting the presence of a mobile unit;
- determining an identifier for a wireless serving node that could potentially service the mobile unit;
- generating a wireless registration request containing the identifier;
- receiving a wireless registration response;
- determining whether the registration response indicates that the registration request is accepted;
- determining whether the registration response contains a wireless serving node identifier if the registration response does not indicate that the registration request is accepted;
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- generating, if the registration response does not indicate that the registration request is accepted and contains a wireless serving node identifier, a wireless registration request containing the identifier, wherein determining an identifier for a wireless serving node that could potentially service the mobile unit comprises analyzing an identifier of the mobile unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.