Floating IP address for roaming internet connected subscriber units
AssigneeTantivy Communications, Inc.
InventorsKevin Farley, Thomas Gorsuch
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Abstract
A system apparatus for wireless communication that includes receiving, receiving data for a subscriber, determining the subscriber to whom the data is addressed, determining which cell the subscriber currently resides, and transmitting the data accordingly.
Claims13
A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
- (b) determining whether the data was received via a tunnel;
- (c) if the data was received via the tunnel, retrieving the wireless-network address of the subscriber;
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- (d) transmitting the data to the subscriber.
A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
- (b) determining whether the data was received via a tunnel;
- (c) if the data was not received via the tunnel, determining whether the subscriber is located in a cell site;
- (d) if the subscriber is located in the cell site, retrieving the wireless-network identifier of the subscriber;
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- (e) transmitting the data to the subscriber.
A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving, in a first cell site, data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
- (b) determining whether the data was received via a tunnel;
- (c) if the data was not received via the tunnel, determining whether the subscriber is located in the first cell site;
- (d) if the subscriber is not located in the cell site, identifying a second cell site in which the subscriber is located;
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- (e) sending the data, via a tunnel to the second cell site.
An apparatus for providing wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a processor;
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- (b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory including a database that associates a subscriber's wired-network address with a subscriber's wireless network identifier, and said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, said instructions comprising:
- (i) receiving data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
- (ii) determining whether the data was received via a tunnel;
- (iii) if the data was received via the tunnel, retrieving the wireless-network address of the subscriber;
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- (iv) transmitting the data to the subscriber.
An apparatus for providing wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a processor;
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- (b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory including a database that associates a subscriber's wired-network address with a subscriber's wireless network identifier, and said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, said instructions comprising:
- (i) receiving, in a first cell site, data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
- (ii) determining whether the data was received via a tunnel;
- (iii) if the data was not received via the tunnel, determining whether the subscriber is located in the first cell site;
- (iv) if the subscriber is not located in the cell site, identifying a second cell site in which the subscriber is located;
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- (v) sending the data, via a tunnel to the second cell site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.