Patent ID: 9392529
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for selecting a serving gateway entity, wherein the method comprises: receiving an access request message of a user equipment (UE) sent by a base station, wherein the access request message comprises location information of the base station; acquiring, according to the location information of the base station, a signaling plane address list of serving gateway entities (SGWs) serving the UE; and selecting, according to failure information of paths between the SGWs and neighboring network elements of the SGWs and the acquired signaling plane address list of SGWs serving the UE, an SGW having no failed path to a neighboring network element of the SGW to serve the UE, wherein the failure information of the paths between the SGWs and the neighboring network elements of the SGWs comprises at least one piece of the following information: wherein the selecting, according to the failure information of paths between the SGWs and the neighboring network elements of the SGWs and the acquired signaling plane address list of SGWs serving the UE, an SGW having no failed path to a neighboring network element of the SGW to serve the UE, comprises: