Concentrator for multiplexing access point to wireless network connections
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a page at a concentrator component, the page being received from a mobility management entity (MME) that is separate from the concentrator component, the page comprising a tracking area identifier, wherein the tracking area identifier is an identifier that is unique to a tracking area;
determining one or more downstream access points associated with the tracking area identifier based at least in part on a stored mapping of downstream access points to tracking area identifiers; and
transmitting the page from the concentrator component to the one or more downstream access points.
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Abstract
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing communications from multiple downstream access points to one or more mobility management entities (MME). In particular, a concentrator component is provided that can establish a single transport layer connection with an MME along with multiple application layer connections over the single transport layer connection for each of multiple downstream access points and/or related mobile devices. The downstream access points and/or mobile devices can provide identifiers, such as tracking identifiers, to the concentrator component, which can utilize the identifiers to track communications with the MME. In this regard, the MME can send paging messages, and the concentrator component can determine downstream access points related to the paging messages based on a stored association with a tracking identifier in the paging message.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a page at a concentrator component, the page being received from a mobility management entity (MME) that is separate from the concentrator component, the page comprising a tracking area identifier, wherein the tracking area identifier is an identifier that is unique to a tracking area; determining one or more downstream access points associated with the tracking area identifier based at least in part on a stored mapping of downstream access points to tracking area identifiers; and transmitting the page from the concentrator component to the one or more downstream access points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wireless communications apparatus that implements a concentrator component, comprising:
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at least one processor configured to; receive a page at the concentrator component, the page being received from a mobility management entity (MME) that is separate from the concentrator component, the page comprising a tracking area identifier, wherein the tracking area identifier is an identifier that is unique to a tracking area; discern one or more downstream access points associated with the tracking area identifier based at least in part on a stored association of downstream access points to tracking area identifiers; and transmit the page from the concentrator component to the one or more downstream access points; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An apparatus that implements a concentrator component, comprising:
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means for receiving a page at the concentrator component, the page being received from a mobility management entity (MME) that is separate from the concentrator component, the page comprising a tracking area identifier, wherein the tracking area identifier is an identifier that is unique to a tracking area; means for determining one or more downstream access points associated with the tracking area identifier based at least in part on a stored mapping of downstream access points to tracking area identifiers; and means for transmitting the page from the concentrator component to the one or more downstream access points. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising; code for causing at least one computer that comprises a concentrator component to receive a page from a mobility management entity (MME) that is separate from the concentrator component, the page comprising a tracking area identifier, wherein the tracking area identifier is an identifier that is unique to a tracking area; code for causing the at least one computer to determine one or more downstream access points associated with the tracking area identifier based at least in part on a stored mapping of downstream access points to tracking area identifiers; and code for causing the concentrator component of the at least one computer to transmit the page to the one or more downstream access points. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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a concentrator component, comprising; an upstream communication component that receives a page from a mobility management entity (MME) that is separate from the concentrator component, the page comprising a tracking area identifier, wherein the tracking area identifier is an identifier that is unique to a tracking area; a paging component that determines one or more downstream access points associated with the tracking area identifier based at least in part on a stored mapping of downstream access points to tracking area identifiers; and a downstream communication component transmitting the page to the one or more downstream access points. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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