System and method to facilitate group reporting of user equipment congestion information in a network environment
US10142886B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/0284
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving load information for a plurality of cells of a Radio Access Network (RAN); determining, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UE) in each cell, identification information for each UE and an Access Point Name (APN) to which each UE is connected; identifying, from a plurality of policy servers, each policy server that serves each APN to which each UE in each cell of the plurality of cells is connected; and sending, to each of a particular policy server, congestion information comprising: an identity for each cell having UE that are connected to each APN served by the particular policy server; the corresponding congestion level for each of the cells; and a per-cell UE list identifying each of a plurality of UE connected to each of APNs served by the particular policy server.
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