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Method and apparatus for dynamic data path selection for narrow band wireless communication

  • US 10,212,639 B2
  • Filed: 07/26/2016
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobility management entity server, comprising:

  • a processing system including a processor; and

    a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

    receiving, from a radio access network, a request to connect a wireless communication device to a mobile communication network;

    selecting a set of service capability exposure function nodes of the mobile communication network;

    receiving, from a domain name server, status information associated with the set of service capability exposure function nodes that are selected;

    selecting a first service capability exposure function node from the set of service capability exposure function nodes according to the status information for the set of service capability exposure function nodes;

    initiating a first non-IP packet data network connection with the first service capability exposure function node;

    initiating a user plane packet data network connection with a serving gateway node of the mobile communication network, wherein the serving gateway node includes a serving gateway and a packet data network gateway;

    determining a data volume associated with a request for a transfer;

    comparing the data volume associated with the request for the transfer to a data threshold to determine that a data volume is high; and

    selecting the first non-IP packet data network connection or the user plane packet data network connection as a delivery path for data to transfer between the wireless communication device and an external application server according to a determination that the data volume associated with the request for the transfer is high.

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