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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Michael Mertz, McKinney, TX (US);
Robert Swanson, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Mark Hebert, Whitewright, TX (US);
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/863 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/6225 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A management device and a method are described herein for managing an initial distribution of mobile stations to individual core network nodes (MSC/VLRs) within a core network node pool (MSC-pool) and/or for managing a redistribution of one or more of the mobile stations across the core network nodes (MSC/VLRs) within the core network node pool (MSC-pool) when an unbalanced condition is detected within the core network node pool (MSC-pool).