Method and System for Supporting Large Number of Data Paths in an Integrated Communication System
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1. A method of minimizing a number of active data paths between a wireless communication network comprising at least one service region and a network controller for communicatively coupling said service region to a core network, the method comprising:
- identifying at least one identifier associated with data packets received over a first set of data paths terminated at the service region;
mapping the first set of data paths to a smaller set of second data paths terminated between the network controller and a data service providing component of the core network based on the identifier; and
passing said data packets through the second set of data paths to the core network.
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method and system for supporting a large set of data paths in a first communication network through a smaller set of data paths over which data services of a core network are accessed. Some embodiments provide such functionality by mapping identifiers associated with the larger set of data paths to a smaller set of proxy identifiers associated with the smaller set of data paths.
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1. A method of minimizing a number of active data paths between a wireless communication network comprising at least one service region and a network controller for communicatively coupling said service region to a core network, the method comprising:
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identifying at least one identifier associated with data packets received over a first set of data paths terminated at the service region; mapping the first set of data paths to a smaller set of second data paths terminated between the network controller and a data service providing component of the core network based on the identifier; and passing said data packets through the second set of data paths to the core network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of minimizing a number of active data paths for communications between a core network and a wireless communication network comprising a network controller that communicatively couples a service region of the communication network to the core network, the method comprising:
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identifying at least one identifier for routing a data packet through a data path of a first set of data paths; modifying said identifier with a proxy identifier for routing said data packet through a data path of a smaller second set of data paths; and passing the modified data packet through the data path of the second set of data paths. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A network controller of a wireless communication network for minimizing a number of active data paths for communications between a core network and the wireless communication network, the network controller comprising:
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a first interface for terminating a first set of data paths through which data packets comprising at least one identifier are exchanged between the network controller and a plurality of service regions of the wireless communication network; a second interface for terminating a smaller second set of data paths through which the data packets are exchanged between the network controller and the core network; and a processor for mapping the first set of data paths to the smaller set of second data paths by modifying the identifier of the data packets with at least one proxy identifier for routing the modified data packets through a data path of the smaller second set of data paths. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer readable storage medium of a network controller that communicatively couples a service region of a wireless communication network to a core network, the computer readable medium storing a computer program for minimizing a number of active data paths for communications between the core network and the wireless communication network, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
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identifying at least one identifier for routing a data packet through a data path of a first set of data paths; modifying said identifier with a proxy identifier for routing said data packet through a data path of a smaller second set of data paths; and passing the modified data packet through the data path of the second set of data paths.
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