Radio access network and network elements for providing mobile communications services
First Claim
1. A radio access network for providing mobile communications services, the radio access network comprising a radio network controlling element comprising at least one control plane server which provides control plane functions and at least one user plane server which provides user plane functions, and a network element which performs a mapping function for interfacing the radio network controlling element with a core network, wherein said mapping function separates control information and user information received from said core network and distributes control information to an appropriate control plane server and user information to an appropriate user plane server.
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Abstract
Provided are a radio access network, a distributed radio network controlling structure and a network element, each providing mobile communications services, and each having controlling elements including at least one control plane server for providing control plane functions and at least one user plane server for providing user plane functions, and a network having a mapping function for interfacing the radio control elements with a core network. Using this solution, only the network element containing a mapping function interfaces with the core network.
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- 1. A radio access network for providing mobile communications services, the radio access network comprising a radio network controlling element comprising at least one control plane server which provides control plane functions and at least one user plane server which provides user plane functions, and a network element which performs a mapping function for interfacing the radio network controlling element with a core network, wherein said mapping function separates control information and user information received from said core network and distributes control information to an appropriate control plane server and user information to an appropriate user plane server.
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12. A network element comprising at least one interface, said network element being in a radio access network which provides mobile communications services, and performs a mapping function for interfacing radio network controlling elements belonging to said radio access network with core network, wherein said radio network controlling elements comprise at least one control plane server for providing control plane functions and at least one user plane server for providing user plane functions, wherein said mapping function separates control information and user information received from said core network and distributes control information to an appropriate control plane server and user information to an appropriate user plane server.
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