Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Server selection in communications network with respect to a mobile user
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Application No.: US14374361Application Date: 2012-03-15
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Publication No.: US09730101B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Shunliang Zhang
- Applicant: Shunliang Zhang
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
- Current Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Patents on Demand P.A.
- Agent Brian K. Buchheit; Scott M. Garrett
- Priority: WOPCT/CN2012/070806 20120131
- International Application: PCT/CN2012/072347 WO 20120315
- International Announcement: WO2013/113181 WO 20130808
- Main IPC: H04W28/02
- IPC: H04W28/02 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/00

Abstract:
The invention refers to providing a service associated to a service request received from a mobile user equipment —UE— (10), the communications network comprising a plurality of service nodes (21a-21h), the communications network (1) receives (S2) a service request from a requesting UE (10), obtains mobility information associated to the UE (10), selects a service node (21) from the plurality of service nodes (21, 21′) in dependency of the mobility information, and transmits (S3) a response to the UE indicative of the selected service node (21) to be contacted for providing the service. The invention further refers to a gateway node and a method performed by the gateway node, a policy server and a method performed in the policy server and to corresponding programs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140355542A1 SERVER SELECTION IN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WITH RESPECT TO A MOBILE USER Public/Granted day:2014-12-04
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