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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Yves Lemieux, Kirkland, CA;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An assignment controller () identifies multiple instances of an IMS control function () as being candidates for assigning to an IMS endpoint (). The controller () also obtains a performance metric for each candidate instance that is a measure of the extent to which performance requirements for a signaling path of an anticipated or ongoing session of the endpoint () would be met if the instance were to be assigned to the endpoint (). The controller () further obtains an emission metric for each candidate instance that is a measure of the extent to which the instance would produce greenhouse gas emissions if the instance were to be assigned to the endpoint (), given the energy consumption and rate of emissions currently attributable to the instance (). The controller () prioritizes the candidate instances based on these metrics, and controls assignment of one of the instances to the IMS endpoint () to be performed according to that prioritization.