Method and apparatus for providing a centralized subscriber load distribution
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsEric Noel, Mark Ratcliffe
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing subscriber load distribution in networks are disclosed. For example, the method receives capacity data and user equipment (UE) resource consumption data from a plurality of devices that process call control signaling messages within the communication network. The method receives a first request from one of the plurality of devices to re-register one or more selected user equipment, and selects at least one available device from the plurality of devices. The method then re-registers the one or more selected user equipment on the at least one available device.
Claims20
A method for re-registering a user equipment in a communication network, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, capacity data and user equipment resource consumption data from a plurality of devices that process call control signaling messages within the communication network;
- receiving, by the processor, a first request from one of the plurality of devices to re-register the user equipment that was previously registered with the one of the plurality of devices;
- selecting, by the processor, an available device from the plurality of devices;
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- re-registering, by the processor, the user equipment on the available device.
A tangible computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for re-registering a user equipment in a communication network, the operations comprising:
- receiving capacity data and user equipment resource consumption data from a plurality of devices that process call control signaling messages within the communication network;
- receiving a first request from one of the plurality of devices to re-register the user equipment that was previously registered with the one of the plurality of devices;
- selecting an available device from the plurality of devices;
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- re-registering the user equipment on the available device.
A method for sending a request in a communication network, comprising:
- measuring, by a processor, a resource capacity of a device that processes call control signaling messages within the communication network;
- measuring, by the processor, a peak period volume for each of a plurality of registered user equipment that is registered with the device;
- determining, by the processor, whether a peak period volume of the device reaches an on-set threshold of the device;
- selecting, by the processor, a registered user equipment of the plurality of registered user equipment when the on-set threshold of the device is reached, where a sum of the peak period volumes of the registered user equipment of the plurality of registered user equipment is larger than or equal to a volume of traffic that is in excess of the on-set threshold;
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- sending, by the processor, the request for the registered user equipment of the plurality of registered user equipment to be re-registered to another device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.