Patent ID: 8849270

Claim:
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: updating, by the GRCI, the AGN list to reflect a failed status for the failed AGN, and issuing, by the GRCI, one or more update messages to CAs in the CA list, the one or more update messages reflecting the failed status for the failed AGN and a transition of an activated SGN from the SGN list to the AGN list.