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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Francisco Faus Gregori, London, GB;
Andrew Corston-Petrie, London, GB;
Maria Cuevas Ramirez, London, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London, GB;
Abstract
A method of managing traffic flow through a multi-node network, the multi-node network interlinking a first mobile network and a second mobile network, the method including, when a subscriber user equipment entity that has as a home network the first mobile network and that is operating in the second mobile network attempts to establish a connection to a correspondent user equipment entity: communicating a connection request message from the second network to the first network over a first route via a set of nodes of the multi-node network; at least one of the nodes of the set: identifying a candidate alternative route between nodes of the multi-node network for at least part of a connection between the subscriber user equipment entity and the correspondent user equipment entity; and transmitting an indication of the candidate alternative route to a controller; and the controller selecting, in accordance with predetermined criteria, one of the first route and the at least one candidate alternative route and causing the connection to be established between the subscriber user equipment entity and the correspondent user equipment entity at least partially over the selected route.