Patent ID: 8923309

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for managing communication in a radio network, comprising: obtaining a communication request from a mobile device via the radio network; determining subscription information corresponding to the communication request from the mobile device, the subscription information including a static provision of at least one specified gateway computing device utilized to establish communications with the mobile device; and transmitting a response to the communication request to the mobile device; obtaining a subsequent communication request from the mobile device, the subsequent request corresponding to a request to initiate a communication context with the communication network in conjunction with the at least one specified gateway computing device; determining whether to select an alternate gateway computing device based on at least one of information associated with the mobile device and communication network policy information; and transmitting a request to establish a communication context to an alternative gateway computing device based on a determination select an alternate gateway computing device, wherein the mobile device does not establish a communication context with the specified at least one specified gateway computing device.