Patent ID: 9560583
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a server device that is associated with a cellular network, information regarding a geographical location of a user device; storing, by the server device, information indicating geographical locations at which each gateway device, of a set of gateway devices, is located, comparing, by the server device, the geographical location of the user device to the stored geographical locations at which of the set of gateway devices are located; selecting, by the server device and based on the comparing, a particular gateway device, of the set of gateway devices, based on the geographical location of the user device and the geographical location of the particular gateway device; and assigning, by the server device, the selected particular gateway device to the user device, wherein assigning the selected particular gateway device causes the user device to communicate via the selected particular gateway device.