Patent ID: 8849270
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing geo-redundant configured resources in a mobile wireless data network environment including a geographic redundancy coverage issuer (GRCI), redundantly configured resources, operating on network nodes distinct from a GRCI node, provided in the form of a set of active geo-redundant nodes (AGNs) and a set of standby geo-redundant nodes (SGNs), and a set of covered agents (CAs) that rely upon the redundantly configured resources for carrying out data communications in the mobile wireless data network environment, the method comprising the steps of: maintaining, by the GRCI, a CA list identifying a set of subscribers to redundancy management services supported by the GRCI; maintaining, by the GRCI, an AGN list identifying a set of active geo-redundant nodes; maintaining, by the GRCI, an SGN list identifying a set of standby geo-redundant nodes; providing, by the GRCI, the AGN list and the SGN list to subscriber CAs identified in the CA list; receiving, by the GRCI, a failure message, issued by a first CA identified in the set of subscribers enumerated in the CA list, and wherein the failure message identifies a failed AGN; and in association with receiving notification of the failure message, performing the further steps of: