Patent ID: 9713082
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of providing a service associated with a service request received from a mobile user equipment (UE) in a communications network; the communications network comprising a plurality of service nodes, a service control node, and an application server; the method comprising: receiving, at the service control node, from the mobile UE, a request for a service, wherein the service control node is in a core network of the communications network, or is in a network reachable from the UE via the core network; sending, by the service control node, in response to the service request, a request to the application server to get selection assistance information with respect to the UE; receiving, at the service control node, a response from the application server comprising selection assistance information; and selecting, or initiating selection of, by the service control node, a service node from the plurality of service nodes based on the selection assistance information, wherein the service node provides the requested service at an application layer; wherein the selection assistance information comprises at least one of: information indicative of a mobility of the UE, the information indicative of the mobility of the UE comprising information indicative of a moving speed and/or a location of the UE; network information comprising load information of one or a plurality of nodes, or of communication links, of the communication network.