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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Rajil Malhotra, Olathe, KS (US);
Chidambaram Pavanasam, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A mobility management entity (MME) in a data communication system to facilitate reselection of optimal network elements for a wireless communication device traversing MME regional boundaries comprises a communication transceiver and a processing system. The communication transceiver is configured to receive a context transfer associated with the wireless communication device transmitted from an old MME that previously served the wireless communication device, and receive a tracking area update transmitted from the wireless communication device. The processing system is configured to, in response to the tracking area update, determine whether or not to select a new serving gateway for the wireless communication device, and upon determining to select the new serving gateway for the wireless communication device, direct the communication transceiver to transfer a reattach instruction for delivery to the wireless communication device.