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US 8,913,586 B2Granted
Gateway association
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsPuneet K. Jain, Muthaiah Venkatachalam, Pouya Taaghol
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Abstract
Embodiments provide components of a communication network that may facilitate efficient optimization of the communication network. In various embodiments, network gateway selection for incoming subscriber stations may be allocated to one or more components that make intelligent allocation determinations. Additionally, in various embodiments, control of the communication network may also be allocated to various components.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a base station associated with a subscriber station, a network gateway selection request to a network gateway of a plurality of network gateways within a cluster, wherein the network gateway selection request includes a request for one network gateway from the plurality of network gateways to serve the subscriber station;
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- receiving, by the base station from the network gateway, a network gateway selection response that includes information associated with the one network gateway of the plurality of network gateways to serve the subscriber station, wherein the one network gateway is selected based upon one or more network conditions, wherein the network gateway selection response includes load information associated with one or more network gateways of the plurality of network gateways within the cluster.
A network gateway, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled with the processor;
- a communication block configured to receive a network gateway selection request from an access point of a communication network cluster and load information from one or more network gateways of a plurality of network gateways of the communication network cluster, wherein the access point is configured to provide a wireless connection to one or more wireless communication stations;
- and
- an identifier coupled to the communication block and configured to identify a network gateway from the one or more network gateways of the plurality of network gateways based on the load information;
- wherein the communications block is further configured to transmit a network gateway selection response to the access point of the communication network cluster in response to the network gateway selection request, wherein the network gateway selection response includes an indication of the network gateway and the load information.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a target base station from a serving base station, a handoff request that includes an internet protocol (“IP”) address of a network gateway that is associated with the serving base station, wherein the network gateway is one of a plurality of network gateways of a communication network;
- transmitting, by the target base station to the network gateway of the plurality of network gateways, a registration message to register the target base station with the network gateway in response to the handoff request;
- transmitting, by the target base station, a network gateway selection request to another network gateway of the plurality of network gateways, wherein the network gateway selection request includes a request for a new network gateway of the plurality of network gateways to succeed the network gateway;
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- receiving, by the target base station, a network gateway selection response, wherein the network gateway selection response includes load information for at least one network gateway of the plurality of network gateways.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.