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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2024
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Kameswaran Arunachalam, Redmond, WA (US);
Kunal Prakash Barawkar, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04W 60/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a serving gateway (SGW) of a telecommunications network that is configured to receive from a first mobility management entity (MME) of an MME pool of the telecommunications network a request associated with a user equipment (UE). Subsequent to the receiving, the SGW determines the first MME or a link between first MME and SGW has failed. The SGW then queries a domain name service of the telecommunications network for a list of MMEs in the MME pool and selects a second MME from list of MMEs in the MME pool for a session with UE.