System and method to facilitate network element failure detection and session restoration in a network environment
US10284420B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include maintaining, by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA), an availability status for a plurality of network elements; receiving a request associated with a user equipment (UE) session, wherein a first network element of the plurality of network elements is serving the UE session; determining that the first network element serving the UE session is unavailable; and re-establishing the UE session at a second network element of the plurality of network elements that is available, wherein the re-establishing is performed without terminating the UE session.
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