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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Xiaoming Zhao, Plano, TX (US);
James Earl Womack, Bedford, TX (US);
Zhijun Cai, Euless, TX (US);
Wei Wu, Coppell, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoming Zhao, Plano, TX (US);
James Earl Womack, Bedford, TX (US);
Zhijun Cai, Euless, TX (US);
Wei Wu, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system is provided for concurrently connecting a plurality of packet data network gateways to a serving gateway. The system includes a processor configured to evaluate an operational parameter related to a set of network components to which the serving gateway and the packet data network gateways belong. The operational parameter limits a quantity of packet data network gateways to which the serving gateway concurrently connects.