Distributed load management on network devices
First Claim
1. A first network device comprising:
- a processor, in communication with one or more interfaces that are to provide communication with a plurality of other network devices and a plurality of mobile stations, the processor to;
receive load information from the plurality of other network devices;
determine, based on at least a portion of the load information, that a network device of the plurality of other network devices is capable of setting aside data transfer capacity for the first network device; and
cause a mobile station to be routed to the network device of the plurality of other network devices by modifying a serving network device identifier in a mobile station identifier associated with the mobile station to cause data to be communicated between the mobile station and the network device of the plurality of other network devices.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a system and method for dynamically managing load on network devices in a distributed manner. As the proliferation of data rich content and increasingly more capable mobile devices has continued, the amount of data communicated over mobile operator'"'"'s networks has exponentially increased. Upgrading the existing network to accommodate increased data traffic is neither desirable nor practical. One way to accommodate increased data traffic is by utilizing network resources more efficiently. This disclosure provides systems and methods for efficiently utilizing network resources by dynamically configuring the network in a distributed manner based on real-time load information.
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1. A first network device comprising:
a processor, in communication with one or more interfaces that are to provide communication with a plurality of other network devices and a plurality of mobile stations, the processor to; receive load information from the plurality of other network devices; determine, based on at least a portion of the load information, that a network device of the plurality of other network devices is capable of setting aside data transfer capacity for the first network device; and cause a mobile station to be routed to the network device of the plurality of other network devices by modifying a serving network device identifier in a mobile station identifier associated with the mobile station to cause data to be communicated between the mobile station and the network device of the plurality of other network devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first network device, load information of a second network device; determining, by the first network device based on the load information of the second network device, that the second network device is capable of setting aside data transfer capacity for the first network device; and causing a mobile station to be routed to the second network device by modifying, by the first network device, a serving network device identifier in a mobile station identifier associated with the mobile station to cause data to be communicated between the mobile station and the second network device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising logic that when executed is operable to:
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receive, at a first network device, load information of a second network device; determine, by the first network device based on the load information of the second network device, that the second network device is capable of setting aside data transfer capacity for the first network device; and cause a mobile station to be routed to the second network device by modifying, by the first network device, a serving network device identifier in a mobile station identifier associated with the mobile station to cause data to be communicated between the mobile station and the second network device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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