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US 2003/0216141 A1Published application
Service-oriented protection scheme for a radio access network
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsZoe Antoniou, Sudhir Dixit
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AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsZoe Antoniou, Sudhir Dixit
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The present invention supports a protection path in a radio access network in order to continue communication between terminating nodes of the radio access network if a failure occurs with a communications path between the terminating nodes. A node may assume the functionality of a router, a base transceiver station, or a base station gateway. The establishment of the protection path utilizes the redundancy of connectivity in the radio access network when routing the protection path in accordance with a service protection model. The protection path may be configured with a service protection model that is based on a quality of service model or on a separate protection model. With a quality of service being associated with a traffic class, the service profile indicates the quality of service for different types of services for a user as well as the quality of service that is provided by the protection path if a failure occurs with the communications path.
A first node for supporting communications to a mobile terminal in a radio access network, the first node comprising:
A method for supporting communications between a first node and a mobile terminal in a radio access network, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for providing a protection path between a first termination node and a second termination node in a radio access network, the method comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions for supporting communications between a first node and a mobile terminal in a radio access network, comprising instructions that cause the first node to perform the steps of:
A method for supporting communications between a first node and a mobile terminal in a radio access network, the method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.