Patent ID: 8904016

Claim:
A method comprising: attempting loading, from one or more network servers, configuration information of the one or more network servers used by a service provider network; on condition that loading configuration information is not successful, setting a predetermined limit on unsuccessful attempting loadings and/or a predetermined timeout period in which to successfully load the configuration information; upon reaching said predetermined limit and/or said predetermined timeout period and the loading configuration information is not successful, loading one or more beacons from the one or more network servers; on condition that the one or more beacons from the one or more network servers are successfully received, selecting a network server in the service provider network based at least in part on information in the one or more beacons; and causing, at least in part, setting of the selected network server as a default network server used for at least one of current and future session on one or more user equipment, wherein the configuration information includes the network server latency and network server load.