Method and system for bypassing 3gpp packet switched core network when accessing internet from 3gpp ues using ip-bts, femto cell, or lte access network

A network element for processing network traffic of a packet network, the network element comprising:

• a security gateway unit to secure the traffic received from a remote node of an access network;
• a traffic identification unit to determine a type of network traffic associated with a packet received from a remote node of an access network;
• a first interface logic coupled to the security gateway to route the packet to a radio network controller (RNC) associated with a radio access network (RAN) if the packet is received from an Internet protocol-basestation (IP-BTS) access network and destined to a packet core network, wherein RNC forwards the packet to a component of the packet core network;
• a second interface logic coupled to the security gateway to route the packet to the component of the packet core network, including aggregating other packets of the same type received from other remote nodes, if the packet is received from a femto cell and destined to the packet core network;
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• a breakout unit coupled to the security gateway to route the packet to a destination of the Internet directly to enable the packet to reach the Internet without having to route the packet to the component of the packet core network, if the packet is destined to the Internet.

A machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method within a network element for processing network traffic of a packet network, the method comprising:

• determining a type of network traffic associated with a packet received from a remote node of an access network;
• routing, by a first interface logic, the packet to a radio network controller (RNC) associated with a radio access network (RAN) if the packet is received from an Internet protocol-basestation (IP-BTS) access network and destined to a packet core network, wherein RNC forwards the packet to a component of the packet core network;
• routing, by a second interface logic, the packet to the component of the packet core network, including aggregating other packets of the same type received from other remote nodes, if the packet is received from a femto cell and destined to the packet core network;
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• routing, by a breakout logic, the packet to a destination of the Internet directly to enable the packet to reach the Internet without having to route the packet to the component of the packet core network, if the packet is destined to the Internet.