Patent ID: 8775596
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a server device communicatively coupled to a Radio Access Network (RAN) server that is associated with a RAN, via which traffic is transported between a service provider network and a plurality of user devices, the method comprising: storing, in a memory device associated with the server device, policy information that includes: subscription information associated with one or more of the user devices, an indication of how to route traffic upon detecting traffic associated with the one or more user devices associated with the stored subscription information; receiving, by the server device, information associated with a particular traffic flow, in the RAN, where at least some of the received information is derived from the particular traffic flow; comparing, by the server device, the received information to the stored policy information; detecting, based on the comparing and by the server device, that the particular traffic flow is associated with a particular one of the one or more user devices associated with the stored subscription information, the detecting including: detecting that a network condition has occurred in the RAN when a first cell, of the RAN, that is associated with the particular traffic flow, is congested; and routing, by the server device, the particular traffic flow based on the stored policy information, the routing including: routing the particular traffic flow to a second cell of the RAN, wherein the second cell is less congested than the first cell.