Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing offloading to an alternate network
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to provide offloading from a mobile backhaul network to an offload network, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a radio base station, a packet from a mobile device over a radio network;
determining, at the radio base station and by operation of one or more computer processors, and based on at least one of a radio bearer type associated with the packet and a radio bearer identification associated with the packet, whether the packet is eligible to be sent to a gateway via the offload network instead of the mobile backhaul network, wherein the mobile backhaul network is operatively connected to the radio base station and the gateway; and
upon a determination that the packet is eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, providing, by the radio base station, the packet to a router that is configured to add routing information to the packet to cause the packet to be routed over the offload network to the gateway, thereby bypassing the mobile backhaul network, whereupon the gateway is configured to strip routing information associated with the packet received from the radio base station via the offload network and further configured to encapsulate a payload of the packet to cause the packet to be routed to the radio network;
wherein the radio base station is configured to, upon a determination that the packet is not eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, cause the packet to be routed over the mobile backhaul network to the gateway.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a system and method for offloading selected data to an alternate communication network. The offloading provides another route for selected packet traffic that can relieve the burden on a mobile operator'"'"'s network, such as the backhaul and core networks. As the proliferation of data rich content and increasingly more capable mobile devices has continued, the amount of data communicated over mobile operator'"'"'s networks has exponentially increased. Upgrading the existing network that was designed for voice calls is not desirable or practical for many mobile operators. This disclosure provides systems and methods for offloading data to the Internet or another IP network to relieve congestion on the mobile operator'"'"'s network.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method to provide offloading from a mobile backhaul network to an offload network, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a radio base station, a packet from a mobile device over a radio network; determining, at the radio base station and by operation of one or more computer processors, and based on at least one of a radio bearer type associated with the packet and a radio bearer identification associated with the packet, whether the packet is eligible to be sent to a gateway via the offload network instead of the mobile backhaul network, wherein the mobile backhaul network is operatively connected to the radio base station and the gateway; and upon a determination that the packet is eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, providing, by the radio base station, the packet to a router that is configured to add routing information to the packet to cause the packet to be routed over the offload network to the gateway, thereby bypassing the mobile backhaul network, whereupon the gateway is configured to strip routing information associated with the packet received from the radio base station via the offload network and further configured to encapsulate a payload of the packet to cause the packet to be routed to the radio network; wherein the radio base station is configured to, upon a determination that the packet is not eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, cause the packet to be routed over the mobile backhaul network to the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A radio access network to provide offloading from a mobile backhaul network to an offload network, the radio access network comprising:
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a radio base station configured to;
(i) receive a packet from a mobile device over a radio network and (ii) determine, by operation of one or more computer processors and based on at least one of a radio bearer type associated with the packet and a radio bearer identification associated with the packet, whether the packet is eligible to be sent to a gateway via the offload network instead of the mobile backhaul network, wherein the mobile backhaul network is operatively connected to the radio base station and the gateway; anda router configured to add routing information to the packet to cause the packet to be routed over the offload network to the gateway, thereby bypassing the mobile backhaul network, whereupon the gateway is configured to;
(i) strip routing information associated with the packet received from the radio base station via the offload network and (ii) encapsulate a payload of the packet to cause the packet to be routed to the radio network;wherein the radio base station is configured to, upon a determination that the packet is not eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, cause the packet to be routed over the mobile backhaul network to the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A radio base station to provide offloading from a mobile backhaul network to an offload network, the radio base station comprising:
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an interface configured to receive a packet from a mobile device over a radio network; and one or more computer processors configured to;
(i) determine, based on at least one of a radio bearer type associated with the packet and a radio bearer identification associated with the packet, whether the packet is eligible to be sent to a gateway via the offload network instead of the mobile backhaul network, wherein the mobile backhaul network is operatively connected to the radio base station and the gateway; and
(ii) upon a determination that the packet is eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, initiate provision of the packet to a router that is configured to add routing information to the packet to cause the packet to be routed over the offload network to the gateway, thereby bypassing the mobile backhaul network;
whereupon the gateway is configured to;
(i) strip routing information associated with the packet received from the radio base station via the offload network; and
(ii) encapsulate a payload of the packet to cause the packet to be routed to the radio network;wherein the radio base station is configured to, upon a determination that the packet is not eligible to be sent to the gateway via the offload network, cause the packet to be routed over the mobile backhaul network to the gateway. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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