# US 9,882,765 B1 · Packet network access point selection based on application group membership > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,882,765 B1 - Document ID: US9882765B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 12/943,678 - Filed: 2010-11-10 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2010-11-10 - Assignees: Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Applicants: Jasinder Pal Singh; Sachin R. Vargantwar; Maulik K. Shah; Siddharth S. Oroskar - Inventors: Jasinder Pal Singh; Sachin R. Vargantwar; Maulik K. Shah; Siddharth S. Oroskar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882765B1 ## CPC - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04L 9/40: Network security protocols - H04L 1/00: Arrangements for detecting or preventing errors in the information received {(correcting synchronisation H04L7/00)} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method of operating a wireless packet access network comprises receiving, at a wireless network control system, a packet data request from an application in a wireless communication device, determining if the application is a member of a first application group or a second application group, and selecting a core packet network access point from a plurality of core packet network access points based on whether the application is a member of the first application group or the second application group. The method further comprises transmitting the packet data request to the selected core packet network access point to initiate access to a core packet network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of operating a wireless packet access network comprising: receiving at a wireless network control system a packet data request from an application in a wireless communication device; determining if the application is a member of a first application group or a second application group; selecting a core packet network access point from a plurality of core packet network access points based on whether the application is a member of the first application group or the second application group and based on a data structure which associates the application with the first application group or the second application group; transmitting the packet data request to the selected core packet network access point to initiate access to a core packet network; and modifying the data structure to provide a different level of service to the wireless communication device by changing the application group with which the application is associated such that a different one of the plurality of core packet network access points will be selected, wherein the different one of the plurality of core packet network access points has a shorter response time than the selected core packet network access point. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless network control system is a radio network controller (RNC). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the selected core packet network access point is a packet data serving node (PDSN). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising establishing a point-to-point protocol (PPP) connection between the wireless communication device and the selected core packet network access point in response to the packet data request. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein modifying the data structure comprises modifying the data structure based on a network condition. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5 wherein the network condition comprises the response time of the selected core packet network access point. ### Claim 7 A wireless packet access network comprising: a plurality of core packet network access points; and a wireless network control system configured to: receive a packet data request from an application in a wireless communication device; determine if the application is a member of a first application group or a second application group; select a core packet network access point from the plurality of core packet network access points based on whether the application is a member of the first application group or the second application group and based on a data structure which associates the application with the first application group or the second application group; transmit the packet data request to the selected core packet network access point to initiate access to a core packet network; and modify the data structure to provide a different level of service to the wireless communication device by changing the application group with which the application is associated such that a different one of the plurality of core packet network access points will be selected, wherein the different one of the plurality of core packet network access points has a shorter response time than the selected core packet network access point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The wireless packet access network of claim 7 wherein the wireless network control system is a radio network controller (RNC). ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The wireless packet access network of claim 7 wherein the selected core packet network access point is a packet data serving node (PDSN). ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The wireless packet access network of claim 7 wherein a point-to-point protocol (PPP) connection is established between the wireless communication device and the selected core packet network access point in response to the packet data request. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The wireless packet access network of claim 7 wherein the data structure is modified based on a network condition. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wireless packet access network of claim 11 wherein the network condition comprises the response time of the selected core packet network access point.