Patent ID: 8375245
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: G06F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a first mobility management entity (MME) device in a network, the method comprising: receiving, from a second MME device and by a storage device associated with the first MME device, standby database information associated with user equipment (UE) registered with the second MME device; detecting, by a processor associated with the first MME device, that the second MME device has failed or lost connectivity; designating, by the processor, that the UEs registered with the second MME device will be registered with the first MME device, in response to detecting that the second MME device has failed or lost connectivity; detecting, by the processor, a request to activate a particular UE registered with the second MME device; and paging, by a communication interface associated with the first MME device, the particular UE to register with the first MME device, using the standby database information and in response to detecting the request to activate the particular UE.