Patent ID: 8996707
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing load balancing for control traffic received at a mobility home agent comprising a set of multiple control elements, the method comprising: receiving, at a first load-balancer module of the mobility home agent, a control message intended for the mobility home agent; performing a first load-balancing operation for the control message at the first load-balancer module based on a first load-balancing metric, wherein the first load-balancing operation results in selection of a selected subset of control elements from the set of multiple control elements; and propagating, from the first load-balancer module toward a second load-balancer module of the mobility home agent, the control message and information indicative of the selected subset of control elements, wherein the second load-balancer module is configured to perform a second load-balancing operation for the control message based on a second load-balancing metric for selecting one of the control elements from the selected subset of control elements and is configured to propagate the control message toward the selected one of the control elements.