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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFLOADING DATA IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

  • US 20120082094A1
  • Filed: 07/10/2011
  • Published: 04/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving a downstream data packet transported on a backhaul link at a first network element, wherein the downstream data packet is associated with a user equipment;

    identifying whether a downstream tunnel used to communicate the data packet to the user equipment has become dormant; and

    communicating an in-band message to a second network element that the downstream tunnel is dormant.

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