Systems and methods for data path control in a wireless network
AssigneeTelsima Corporation
InventorsNurettin Burcak Beser, Mike Carlton, Santhosh Krishna
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Abstract
In various embodiments, the data plane may be abstracted from a control plane in a wireless network such as WiMax, WiFi, LTE or the like. In some embodiments, a method comprises a receiving control data at a control server from a source device, generating routing instructions at the control server regarding routing network data based on the control data, providing the routing instructions to a routing device, configuring the routing device based on the routing instructions, receiving network data from the source device, and routing the network data from the source device to a target device using the configured routing device.
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A method comprising:
- receiving control data in a control plane protocol at an access server network (ASN) server from a mobile station, the ASN server configured to perform control plane functions;
- generating routing instructions at the ASN server regarding routing network data based on the control data, the routing instructions comprising an address of a target device to route the network data to, the routing instructions comprising instructions to forward to a specific egress interface incoming traffic that arrives on a specific ingress interface and matches a packet classification rule;
- providing the routing instructions to a base station;
- configuring the base station based on the routing instructions, the base station being
- configured to perform data plane functions;
- receiving the network data at the base station from the mobile station;
- and
- routing the network data from the mobile station to the target device using the configured base station.
A system comprising:
- an access server network (ASN) server configured to perform control plane functions, including receiving control data in a control plane protocol from a mobile station, generating routing instructions regarding routing network data based on the control data, and providing the routing instructions to a base station, the routing instructions comprising an address of a target device to route the network data to, the routing instructions comprising instructions to forward to a specific egress interface incoming traffic that arrives on a specific ingress interface and matches a packet classification rule;
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- an access server network (ASN) base station configured based on the routing instructions to perform data plane functions, including receiving the network data from the mobile station, and routing the network data from the mobile station to the target device based on the routing instructions.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions executable by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving control data in a control plane protocol at an access server network (ASN) server from a mobile station, the ASN server configured to perform control plane functions;
- generating routing instructions at the ASN server regarding routing network data based on the control data, the routing instructions comprising an address of a target device to route the network data to, the routing instructions comprising instructions to forward to a specific egress interface incoming traffic that arrives on a specific ingress interface and matches a packet classification rule;
- providing the routing instructions to a base station;
- configuring the base station based on the routing instructions, the base station being configured to perform data plane functions;
- receiving the network data at the base station from the mobile station;
- and
- routing the network data from the mobile station to the target device using the configured base station.
A system, comprising:
- a means for receiving control data in a control plane protocol at an access server network (ASN) server from a mobile station, the ASN server configured to perform control plane functions;
- a means for generating routing instructions at the ASN server regarding routing network data based on the control data, the routing instructions comprising an address of a target device to route the network data to, the routing instructions comprising instructions to forward to a specific egress interface incoming traffic that arrives on a specific ingress interface and matches a packet classification rule;
- a means for providing the routing instructions to a base station;
- a means for configuring the base station based on the routing instructions, the base station being configured to perform data plane functions;
- a means for receiving at the base station the network data from the mobile station;
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- a means for routing the network data from the mobile station to the target device using the configured base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.