SESSION HANDOVER IN MOBILE-NETWORK CONTENT-DELIVERY DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method of delivering content to a mobile device in a radio-access network as the mobile device moves from an area served by a first base station to an area served by a second base station, the method comprising:
- identifying, in the radio-access network, a user application running on the mobile device, the user application receiving a stream of application data routed to the mobile device via the first base station;
detecting movement of the mobile device from the first base station area to the second base station area;
establishing a connection, in the radio-access network, between a first application mobility-management entity (AME) monitoring traffic to the first base station and a second AME monitoring traffic to the second base station; and
routing the stream of application data over the connection to the mobile device via the second base station.
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Abstract
An application mobility-management entity (“AME”) in a radio-access network detects movement of a mobile device and routes application data for already-active application streams associated with the mobile device to the device'"'"'s new location by establishing a connection to a second AME in the radio-access network. The second AME merges forwarded application data from/to the first AME for previously active application streams with the new application streams (e.g., new TCP connections) locally and forwards to/from the mobile device through the radio access network elements.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of delivering content to a mobile device in a radio-access network as the mobile device moves from an area served by a first base station to an area served by a second base station, the method comprising:
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identifying, in the radio-access network, a user application running on the mobile device, the user application receiving a stream of application data routed to the mobile device via the first base station; detecting movement of the mobile device from the first base station area to the second base station area; establishing a connection, in the radio-access network, between a first application mobility-management entity (AME) monitoring traffic to the first base station and a second AME monitoring traffic to the second base station; and routing the stream of application data over the connection to the mobile device via the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for delivering content to a mobile device in a radio-access network as the mobile device moves from an area served by a first base station to an area served by a second base station, the system comprising:
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an identification module for identifying, in the radio-access network, a user application running on the mobile device, the user application receiving a stream of application data routed to the mobile device via the first base station; a detection module for detecting movement of the mobile device from the first base station area to the second base station area; a connection module for establishing a connection, in the radio-access network, between a first application mobility-management entity (AME) monitoring traffic to the first base station and a second AME monitoring traffic to the second base station; and a routing module for routing the stream of application data over the connection to the mobile device via the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An application mobility-management entity (“
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) device for delivering content to a mobile device in a radio-access network as the mobile device moves from an area served by a first base station to an area served by a second base station, the AME device comprising;an input module for receiving traffic from a radio-access network; a processor for analyzing the received traffic, identifying a user application running on the mobile device, determining an address of the second base station, and establishing a connection in the radio-access network to a second AME device in communication with the second base station; and an output module for sending the content to the second AME device, the second AME device sending content related to the user application to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- AME”
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