Patent ID: 8072900
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system in a mobile communications network having separation between a user plane and a control plane, the system comprising: plural entities, the plural entities comprising: wherein at least one of said plural entities is configured to transmit advertisement information in at least one of a Routing Information Protocol (RIP) message, an Open Shortest Path (OSPF) protocol message, and an Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS) message, the advertisement information comprising status information and configuration information of the at least one entity, wherein the status information comprises load information and availability information and the configuration information comprises supported services information and pool membership information; and a mobility management entity-node of the system for utilizing both the transmitted advertisement information and transport information transported on the user plane to select a user plane entity for attachment to a wireless station serviced by the network, wherein the transport information comprises information distributed by traffic engineering extensions of Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) routing protocols.