Granted Patent B2

US 9,325,625 · App. 12/702,807 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Abstract

Claims (39)

1. A method for bypassing a radio network controller in transmitting data in a communication network, the method performed in an electronic device in the communication network having an access network and a core network, the method comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, data traveling from the core network;

intercepting, by the electronic device, the data before the data enters into the radio network controller in the access network, wherein the data includes a first subset of the data and a second subset of the data;

selecting, by the electronic device, one of the first subset of the data and the second subset of the data;

processing, by the electronic device, the first subset of the data;

forwarding the processed first subset of the data to a base station in the access network; and

forwarding the second subset of the data to the base station via the radio network controller.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising monitoring a control channel and using information in the control channel to forward the data.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising emulating, by the electronic device, at least a portion of a radio network controller protocol stack.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access network is a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network, the first subset of the data comprises data in a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) format, and the second subset of the data comprises data in a non-High Speed Downlink Packet Access format.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) access network.

6. A non-transitory electronic device readable storage medium storing executable instructions for performing a method for bypassing a radio network controller in transmitting data in a communication network, the method in an electronic device in the communication network having an access network and a core network, the instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

receive the data traveling from the core network;

intercept the data before the data enters into the radio network controller in the access network, wherein the data includes a first subset of the data and a second subset of the data;

select one of the first subset of the data and the second subset of the data;

process the first subset of the data;

forward the processed first subset of the data to a base station in the access network; and

forward the second subset of the data to the base station via the radio network controller.

7. The electronic device readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein processing the first subset of the data comprises ciphering or compressing the first subset of the data.

8. The electronic device readable storage medium of claim 6 , further comprising instructions monitoring a control channel and using information in the control channel to forward the first subset of the data.

9. The electronic device readable storage medium of claim 6 , further comprising emulating at least a portion of a radio network controller protocol stack.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the access network is a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network, the first subset of the data comprises data in a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) format, and the second subset of the data comprises data in a non-High Speed Downlink Packet Access format.

11. The electronic device readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the access network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) access network.

12. A system for use in a communication network having an access network and a core network, the system bypassing a radio network controller in transmitting data in the communication network, the system comprising:

a storage for storing instructions and data received from the core network; and

one or more processors for executing instructions, the instructions causing the one or more processors to:

receive the data, data traveling from the core network;

intercept the data before the data enters into the radio network controller in the access network, wherein the data includes a first subset of the data and a second subset of the data;

select one of the first subset of the data and the second subset of the data;

process the first subset of the data;

forward the processed first subset of the data to a base station in the access network; and

forwarding the second subset of the data to the base station via the radio network controller.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to perform dynamic policy enforcement that selectively invokes network policies based on traffic flows.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to emulate at least a portion of a radio network controller protocol stack.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the access network is a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network, the first subset of the data comprises data in a High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) format, and the second subset of the data comprises data in a non-High Speed Downlink Packet Access format.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the access network is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) access network.

17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors in the access network further comprises forwarding, in order to transmit the data between different access networks, the first subset of the data to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is located in another access network, the electronic device bypassing a radio access network in the other access network.

18. The system of claim 12 , wherein processing the first subset of the data comprises ciphering or compressing the first subset of the data.

19. The system of claim 12 , wherein processing the first subset of the data comprises performing error detection on the first subset of the data.

Assignments (10)