Patent ID: 9374777
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a base transceiver station (BTS), a plurality of messages from a plurality of mobile management entities (MMEs), wherein a message includes capability information indicating functionalities that an MME of the plurality of MMEs is capable of providing, the capability information comprising an indication of at least one type of communications session that is supported by the MME of the plurality of MMEs, wherein the at least one type of communications session indicates at least one of a priority or a delay tolerance for communications of the at least one type of communications session; receiving, at the BTS, a message from a user equipment (UE) requesting a communications session, wherein the request message includes session type information indicating a type of communications session requested by the UE for services; generating, by the BTS, a list of candidate MMEs that are capable of serving the type of communications session requested by the UE for the services from the plurality of MMEs by comparing the session type information with the at least one type of communications session supported by the plurality of MMEs; and selecting, by the BTS, a serving MME from the list of candidate MMEs based at least in part on a load factor.