Patent ID: 9276806
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for handling a failure of a secure gateway (SeGW), the method comprising: establishing, with an edge component, a first connection to a first SeGW in a core network and a second connection to a home eNode-B (HeNB) in a local home network, the HeNB being connected to one or more components in the core network via the first and second connections established with the first SeGW and the edge component; determining, at the edge component, whether the first SeGW has failed; establishing, at the edge component, a third connection to a second SeGW in response to determining that the first SeGW has failed; and informing the HeNB using the second connection with the edge component that the first SeGW has failed in order to enable the HeNB to reconnect to the one or more components in the core network via the second connection or another connection established with the edge component and the third connection established with the second SeGW.