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Mobility network function consolidation

  • US 9,832,797 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2015
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a processor; and

    a memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform operations comprising;

    communicating signaling message traffic to a base station of a radio access network in communication with a mobile communication device, wherein the signaling message traffic comprises information associated with one of mobility management processing, bearer management, or both of an evolved packet core;

    determining whether the signaling message traffic is related to a first service or a second service; and

    controlling an exchange of data packets, that are to or from the mobile communication device, between the base station and an external packet data network via a gateway, wherein the controlling comprises providing a bearer, for the data packets that are exchanged, having a higher bandwidth characteristic selected from a group of bandwidth characteristics that include a lower bandwidth characteristic and the higher bandwidth characteristic, and wherein the bearer having the higher bandwidth characteristic is provided responsive to a determination that the signaling message traffic relates to the first service.

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