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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Yingchun Xu, Madison, WI (US);
Chandra Warrier, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Karl Freter, Wheaton, IL (US);
Claudio Taglienti, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Yingchun Xu, Madison, WI (US);
Chandra Warrier, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Karl Freter, Wheaton, IL (US);
Claudio Taglienti, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
UTStarcom, Inc., Alameda, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for routing data packet connection pathways. A pathway controller monitors all of the packet data service nodes available for the transmission of data packets to mobile nodes in order to allocate the service nodes appropriately. A main call processing node selects an available packet data service node for use for a mobile node based upon the availability of the service nodes. A mobile node may have its data packet pathway deactivated if the network infrastructure determines the need to free-up resources for other mobile nodes. The data packet pathway may be reactivated upon the event of a new data packet arriving for the mobile node. The methods of deactivation and reactivation may be used to solve data packet pathway serving faults. The data packet connection pathways that may be reactivated may be done in a load balanced fashion.