Handling network traffic via a fixed access
First Claim
1. A method of handling network traffic, the method implemented by a mobile terminal and comprising:
- receiving incoming downlink data packets via a fixed access in the mobile terminal, the downlink data packets including a first identifier and assigned to a traffic class, wherein a packet data communication endpoint is at said mobile terminal and said first identifier comprising a source address;
detecting, by the mobile terminal, outgoing uplink data packets to be transmitted from the mobile terminal via the fixed access, the outgoing uplink data packets including a second identifier, said second identifier comprising a destination address which is the same as the source address of said first identifier; and
assigning, by the mobile terminal, the detected outgoing uplink data packets having said second identifier to the same traffic class as the incoming downlink data packets having the first identifier.
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Abstract
For efficiently handling network traffic via a fixed access, classification of UL data traffic in a communication device (100) may be accomplished in a reflective mode by detecting identifiers of outgoing uplink data packets which are complementary to identifiers of incoming downlink data packets. The downlink data packets are already assigned to the traffic classes (50). The outgoing uplink data packets carrying the complementary identifier are assigned to the same traffic class (50) as the incoming downlink data packets. For this purpose, the communication device (100) is provided with a traffic classificator (110). In the reflective mode, the traffic classificator (110) locally generates uplink packet classification rules (115) by monitoring received downlink data packets.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of handling network traffic, the method implemented by a mobile terminal and comprising:
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receiving incoming downlink data packets via a fixed access in the mobile terminal, the downlink data packets including a first identifier and assigned to a traffic class, wherein a packet data communication endpoint is at said mobile terminal and said first identifier comprising a source address; detecting, by the mobile terminal, outgoing uplink data packets to be transmitted from the mobile terminal via the fixed access, the outgoing uplink data packets including a second identifier, said second identifier comprising a destination address which is the same as the source address of said first identifier; and assigning, by the mobile terminal, the detected outgoing uplink data packets having said second identifier to the same traffic class as the incoming downlink data packets having the first identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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an interface configured to; receive incoming downlink data packets from a network via a fixed access; and send outgoing uplink data packets to the network via the fixed access; and a processing circuit configured to; detect incoming downlink data packets including a first identifier, said first identifier comprising a source address; detect outgoing uplink data packets including a second identifier comprising a destination address which is the same as the source address of the first identifier; and assign the detected outgoing uplink data packets having said second identifier to the same traffic class as the incoming downlink data packets having the first identifier; wherein a packet data communication endpoint is at said mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium for controlling a mobile terminal, the computer program product comprising software instructions which, when run on the mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to:
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receive incoming downlink data packets via a fixed access in the mobile terminal, the downlink data packets including a first identifier and assigned to a traffic class, wherein a packet data communication endpoint is at said mobile terminal and said first identifier comprising a source address; detect outgoing uplink data packets to be transmitted from the mobile terminal via the fixed access, the outgoing uplink data packets including a second identifier, said second identifier comprising a destination address which is the same as the source address of said first identifier; and assign the detected outgoing uplink data packets having said second identifier to the same traffic class as the incoming downlink data packets having the first identifier.
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