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IPv4-to-IPv6 Address Transitioning Methods And Apparatus For Systems That Push Information To Wireless Communication Devices

  • US 20100172302A1
  • Filed: 03/12/2010
  • Published: 07/08/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for use in facilitating, via a communication network, the communication of user information between a plurality of host computers and a plurality of wireless communication devices operative in a mobile communication network, the communication network including a front end subnetwork and a core network, the front end subnetwork including a network entry point device and a plurality of tunnel servers, the tunnel servers being connected between the network entry point device and the core network, the method comprising the acts of:

  • operating to receive, by the network entry point device, a plurality of tunnel requests from the host computers;

    operating to communicate, by the network entry point device, the plurality of tunnel requests to the tunnel servers in accordance with one of round-robin assignment technique or a load balancing technique;

    establishing, by the tunnel servers, a plurality of tunnel connections between the host computers and the tunnel servers in response to the tunnel requests; and

    allowing the user information to be communicated, via the communication network, between the host computers and the wireless communication devices operating in the mobile communication network through the tunnel servers.

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