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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2002
Kaartik Viswanath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marco C. Centemeri, Rho, IT;
Wen-lin Tsao, Fremont, CA (US);
Laurent Andriantsiferana, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kaartik Viswanath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marco C. Centemeri, Rho, IT;
Wen-Lin Tsao, Fremont, CA (US);
Laurent Andriantsiferana, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of load balancing network access requests comprises receiving a network access request from a serving node linked to a radio access network. The network access request identifies a mobile node receiving wireless service from the radio access network and identifies a data network to which the mobile node has requested access. The network access request requests a communication channel with the serving node for transporting data communications between the mobile node and the data network. The method further comprising determining one or more gateways providing access to the data network, selecting one of the gateways, and forwarding the network access request to the selected gateway.