Method and apparatus for bypassing internet traffic

• US 9,686,380 B1
• Filed: 02/20/2009
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tellabs Operations Incorporated (Infinera Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Tellabs Operations Incorporated (Infinera Corp.)
• Inventors: Samudra, Pradeep, Lyons, Kerby A., Joseph, Adrien J.
• Primary Examiner(s): ZAND, DAVOUD AMAN
• Application Number:
  US12/390,165
• Time in Patent Office: 3,042 Days
• Field of Search: 709219, 709230, 709231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/61 for supporting one-way streaming services, e.g. Internet radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

A process capable of distributing data is configured to receive a stream of data formatted under a wireless data communication protocol such as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (“UMTS”) or Long Term Evolution (“LTE”). After identifying the portion of the IP data from the stream of data in accordance with a predefined IP data identifier, the process separates the IP data from the stream of data. Upon reformatting the IP data into one or more IP packets, the IP packet(s) bypasses at least a portion of circuit network and move directly to an Internet router.

Claims

1. A method for data distribution, comprising:

receiving a stream of data coded with a wireless data communication protocol for routing;

retrieving a set of predefined Internet Protocol (“

IP”

) data identifiers from a local storage and identifying IP data coded in IP format including an IP address from the stream of data in accordance with at least one of the set of predefined IP data identifiers;

splitting the stream of data into the IP data and a remaining portion of the stream of data, and reformatting the IP data into an IP data portion of the stream of data; and

forwarding the IP data portion of the stream of data to Internet bypassing at least a portion of the core network while forwarding the remaining portion of stream of data to at least a portion of the core network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting the IP data from the stream of data further includes:

reformatting the remaining portion of the stream of data to form an internal data stream; and

forwarding the internal data stream to Walled Garden for data processing via the core network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a stream of data, coded with a wireless data communication protocol, includes receiving data packets having a data format of Long Term Evolution (“

LTE”

).

4. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving data packets having a data format of LTE includes obtaining information from a base station.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a stream of data, coded with a wireless data communication protocol, includes receiving data packets having a data format of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (“

UMTS”

).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving data packets having a data format of UMTS further includes obtaining information from a base station.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the IP data from the stream of data in accordance with a predefined IP data identifier includes creating a list of IP indicators in accordance with identifiable web traffic.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein forwarding the IP data portion of the stream of data includes bypassing one of an Evolved Packet Core (“

EPC”

) and an IP Multimedia System (“

IMS”

).

9. The method of claim 8, wherein forwarding the IP data portion of the stream of data includes sending the IP packet to Internet via an edge router.

10. A method for data distribution, comprising:

obtaining a stream of data frames coded with a wireless network protocol capable of including Internet Protocol (“

IP”

) data coded with Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol (“

TCP/IP”

) transmitted via a mobile network;

retrieving an IP tag list from a local storage and identifying the IP data from the stream of data frames in accordance with the IP tag list;

splitting the stream of data frames into an IP data portion and a remaining portion of the stream of data frame, and reformatting the IP data portion of the steam of data frames; and

forwarding the IP data portion of the stream of data frames to Internet bypassing a portion of a core network while facilitating the remaining portion of the stream of data frames to continue traveling to the core network.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein extracting the IP data from stream of data frames further includes:

reformatting the remaining portion of the steam of data frames to form an internal data stream; and

forwarding the internal data stream to the backhaul network.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining a stream of data frames coded with a network protocol includes receiving data packets having a data format of Long Term Evolution (“

LTE”

).

13. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving data packets having a data format of LTE includes obtaining the data packets from one of a Metro Ethernet data distribution network, a Gigabit Ethernet Switch data distribution network, and a microwave data distribution network.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining a stream of data frame coded with a network protocol includes receiving data packets having a data format of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (“

UMTS”

).

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving data packets having a data format of UMTS further includes obtaining the data packets from one of a T1 network, an E1 network, a DSL network, and a Fast Ethernet network.

16. A network system, comprising:

a router operable to route Internet Protocol (“

IP”

) data coded in IP format including at least a portion of IP address to Internet;

a bypassing channel coupled to the router and able to facilitate forwarding IP data to Internet bypassing a core network via the router;

a radio access network (“

RAN”

) coupled to the bypassing channel and configured to receive a stream of data coded with a wireless data communication protocol from a mobile device, wherein the RAN includes a bypassing logic operable to split the stream of data into two portions wherein a portion is an IP data portion of the stream of data and another portion is an remaining portion of the stream of data, wherein the remaining portion of the stream of data is forwarded to a core network, wherein the IP data portion of the stream of data is routed to Internet through the router bypassing the core network via the bypassing channel.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the bypassing logic further includes:

a comparison element capable of extracting the IP data from the stream of data to form an internal data stream; and

a local buffer coupled to the comparison element and configured to forward the internal data stream to the core network.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the core network includes a backhaul network, a core network, and a services network for providing functions including network security, network metering and network administrating.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the RAN coupled to the bypassing channel and configured to receive a stream of data coded with a wireless data communication protocol from a mobile device includes identifying data packets having a data format of Long Term Evolution (“

LTE”

).

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the RAN coupled to the bypassing channel and configured to receive a stream of data coded with a wireless data communication protocol from a mobile device includes identifying data packets having a data format of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (“

UMTS”

).