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US 9,756,522 B2Granted
Session assignment and balancing
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsLalit R. Kotecha, Matthew W. Nelson, Sagiv Draznin, Zohar Fuchs
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Abstract
A server device may determine session information that identifies a quantity of sessions established between each of one or more serving gateways (SGWs) and a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW); and direct a mobility management entity (MME) to assign additional sessions between the one or more SGWs and the PGW based on the session information.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a server device, session information that identifies a quantity of sessions established between each of a plurality of serving gateways (SGWs) and a particular packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW);
- and
- directing, by the server device, a mobility management entity (MME) to assign additional sessions to one or more SGWs, of the plurality of SGWs,
- the additional sessions being between the one or more SGWs, of the plurality of SGWs, and the particular PGW based on the session information and corresponding sets of balancing rules associated with each of the one or more SGWs,
- the corresponding set of balancing rules, for a particular SGW, of the one or more SGWs, including at least one of:
- a load factor that identifies a percentage of an aggregate number of sessions to be assigned to the particular SGW, or
- information identifying a maximum number of sessions permitted to be assigned to the particular SGW.
4 more elements
A system comprising:
- a server device, comprising:
- a non-transitory memory device storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes the processor to:
- determine session information that identifies a quantity of sessions established between each of a plurality of serving gateways (SGWs) and a particular packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW);
- and
- direct a mobility management entity (MME) to assign additional sessions between the plurality of SGWs and the particular PGW based on the session information.
4 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of processor-executable instructions, which, when executed, cause one or more processors to:
- determine session information that identifies a quantity of sessions established between each of a plurality of serving gateways (SGWs) and a particular packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW);
- and
- direct a mobility management entity (MME) to assign additional sessions between the plurality of SGWs and the particular PGW based on the session information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.