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US 8,509,224 B2Granted
Cellular signal forwarding utilizing a packet-switched network
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorMichael Castleberry
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for forwarding cellular signaling across a packet-switched network. The system generates signaling according to a cellular protocol for a mobile device and exchanges the cellular signaling with a base station of a home mobile network of the mobile device. The system further detects a triggering condition, encapsulates the cellular signaling in a packet wrapper, and forwards the encapsulated signaling to a virtual base station for the home network via a packet-switched network.
Claims16
A mobile device, comprising:
- a signaling manager operable to exchange cellular signaling with a base station of a home network of the mobile device;
- and
- a control system operable to detect a triggering condition, to receive the cellular signaling from the signaling manager responsive to detecting the triggering condition, to encapsulate the cellular signaling in a packet wrapper, and to forward the encapsulated signaling to a virtual base station via a packet-switched network,
- the control system further operable to receive encapsulated signaling sent by the home network via the packet-switched network, to unpackage cellular signaling from the encapsulated signaling sent by the home network, and to transmit the unpackaged cellular signaling to the signaling manager.
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A method comprising:
- exchanging cellular signaling with a base station of a home network of a mobile device;
- detecting a triggering condition;
- encapsulating the cellular signaling in a packet wrapper responsive to detecting the triggering condition;
- forwarding the encapsulated signaling to a virtual base station via a packet-switched network;
- receiving encapsulated signaling sent by the home network via the packet-switched network;
- unpackaging cellular signaling from the encapsulated signaling sent by the home network;
- and
- processing the unpackaged cellular signaling.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.