System and method for load balancing MMEs and MME pools
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1. A method for managing mobility management entities (MME) loading, comprising:
- monitoring indicia of eNodeB loading at a source MME and individually at each of a plurality of processing elements in said source MME; and
in response to said loading indicia exceeding one or more of policy-defined threshold levels for said source MME and said plurality of processing elements in the source MME, migrating responsibility for one or more eNodeBs to one or more of;
a target MME and a target processing element of the source MME.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for policy-driven load balancing of MMEs and MME pools by migrating eNodeBs service responsibilities among MMEs and/or MME processing components or modules.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for managing mobility management entities (MME) loading, comprising:
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monitoring indicia of eNodeB loading at a source MME and individually at each of a plurality of processing elements in said source MME; and in response to said loading indicia exceeding one or more of policy-defined threshold levels for said source MME and said plurality of processing elements in the source MME, migrating responsibility for one or more eNodeBs to one or more of;
a target MME and a target processing element of the source MME. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for managing mobility management entities (MME) loading, the apparatus comprising:
a processor configured for; monitoring indicia of eNodeB loading at a source MME and individually at each of a plurality of processing elements in said source MME; and in response to said loading indicia exceeding one or more of policy-defined threshold levels for said source MME and said plurality of processing elements in the source MME, migrating responsibility for one or more eNodeBs to one or more of;
a target MME and a target processing element of the source MME.- View Dependent Claims (21)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method for managing mobility management entities (MME) loading, comprising:
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monitoring indicia of eNodeB loading at a source MME and individually at each of a plurality of processing elements in said source MME; and in response to said loading indicia exceeding one or more of policy-defined threshold levels for said source MME and said plurality of processing elements in the source MME, migrating responsibility for one or more eNodeBs to one or more of;
a target MME and a target processing element of the source MME.- View Dependent Claims (22)
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20. A non-transitory computer program product wherein computer instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable memory, when processed by a computer, adapt the operation of the computer to provide a method for managing mobility management entities (MME) loading, comprising:
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monitoring indicia of eNodeB loading at a source MME and individually at each of a plurality of processing elements in said source MME; and in response to said loading indicia exceeding one or more of policy-defined threshold levels for said source MME and said plurality of processing elements in the source MME, migrating responsibility for one or more eNodeBs to one or more of;
a target MME and a target processing element of the source MME. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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