Patent ID: 9706437
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A support node apparatus configured to support a wireless network system, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store management information indicative of a relationship between one or more identifiers and one or more other support node apparatuses in the wireless network system, the one or more identifiers being in a form of one of a network resource identifier and a globally unique temporary identifier, and the one or more identifiers comprising information indicative of how many simultaneous user equipment devices can be moved from the support node apparatus at a time; and a processor configured to: select a target support node apparatus from the one or more other support node apparatuses in the wireless network system for a user equipment; retrieve, from the management information stored in the memory, a target identifier from the one or more identifiers corresponding to the target support node apparatus; and associate the user equipment with the target identifier.