Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Jürgen Sauermann

Jan Scheurich

Bernardin Drenski

Ryoji Kato

Johnson Oyama

Eva Gustafsson

The invention relates to a method for generating a load sharing vector indicating a plurality of communication targets for load sharing in a communication network. The method comprises providing a target distribution vector comprising a first number of entries indicating a first communication target, and comprising a second number of entries indicating a second communication target, and generating the load sharing vector upon the basis of active entries of the target distribution vector, the active entries indicating the communication target of the first or the second communication target which is available for load sharing in the communication network.

Method for generating a load sharing vector

The invention relates to a method for generating a load sharing vector indicating a plurality of communication targets for load sharing in a communication network. The method comprises providing () a target distribution vector comprising a first number of entries indicating a first communication target, and comprising a second number of entries indicating a second communication target, and generating () the load sharing vector upon the basis of active entries of the target distribution vector, the active entries indicating the communication target of the first or the second communication target which is available for load sharing in the communication network.

A method for selecting the best access for terminals () in IP-based multi-access communication systems () is provided. The access selection is performed on the network side by an access wizard () that communicates with a profile server () associated with a number of databases (). Via the profile server, the access wizard collects database information related to user, terminal, access networks and/or operator. It determines a 'best' access network based on this information and preferably also on terminal specific information, e.g. terminal location and available access networks, from an access wizard agent () in the terminal. The best access is signaled from the access wizard, via the access wizard agent, and to an access manager () in the terminal, which has means for executing the actions necessary to use the best access.

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Jürgen Sauermann