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US 8,014,298 B1Granted
Delayed service restoration
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorMatthew C. Schlesener
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Abstract
A communication network comprises a service network configured to provide a service over access provided by an access network, and a first access system configured to access the service over the access provided by the access network, detect a loss of the access, monitor for access restoration, upon detecting the access restoration delay a first service restoration for a first delay period, and initiate the first service restoration after the first delay period.
Claims20
A communication network comprising:
- a service network configured to provide service sessions over access provided by an access network;
- and
- a first access system configured to establish a service session with the service network over the access provided by the access network, detect a loss of the access that causes a loss of the service session, receive an access restoration signal indicating that access has been restored from the access network, in response to receiving the access restoration signal, delay a first service session restoration for a first delay period, and initiate the first service session restoration after the first delay period.
A method of operating a communication network, the method comprising:
- in a service network:
- providing service sessions over access provided by an access network;
- and
- in a first access system:
- establishing a service session with the service network over the access provided by the access network;
- detecting a loss of the access that causes a loss of the service session;
- receiving an access restoration signal indicating that access has been restored from the access network;
- in response to receiving the access restoration signal, delaying a first service session restoration for a first delay period;
- and
- initiating the first service session restoration after the first delay period.
7 more elements
An access system comprising:
- an interface configured to establish a service session with a service network over access provided by an access network;
- and
- a processing system configured to detect a loss of the access that causes a loss of the service session, receive an access restoration signal indicating that access has been restored from the access network, in response to receiving the access restoration signal, delay a service session restoration for a delay period, and initiate the service session restoration after the delay period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.