Object caching for mobile data communication with mobility management

A system for object caching with mobility management for mobile data communication, comprising:

• a processor;
• a network containing one or more base stations, wherein the network supports mobility management of data transfer to and from a user equipment;
• an object cache component at a base station for intercepting and snooping data communications between a user equipment and a content server without terminating communications;
• an object cache server in the network, wherein the object cache server proxies communications to the content server from the user equipment;
• and
• synchronising components at the base station and object cache server for maintaining synchrony between an object cache at the base station and an object cache at the object cache server.

A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium and loadable into the internal memory of a digital computer, comprising software code portions, that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform object caching with mobility management for mobile data communication by performing actions comprising:

• intercepting and snooping data communications at a base station between a user equipment and a content server without terminating communications;
• implementing object caching at the base station using snooped data communications;
• implementing object caching at an object cache server in the network, wherein the object cache server proxies communications to the content server from the user equipment;
• and
• maintaining synchrony between an object cache at the base station and an object cache at the object cache server.