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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam F. Berg, Michael T. Kalmbach, Mark D. Schroeder
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Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout component in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and hosts device-specific edge applications that perform one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data.
A system for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the system comprising:
A method for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising:
A method for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising:
A method for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising:
A method for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising:
A method for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising:
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1. Technical Field
This disclosure generally relates to mobile data systems, and more specifically relates to breakout out of data at the edge of a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to existing equipment in the mobile data network so one or more mobile network services may be performed by device-specific edge applications at the edge of the mobile data network in response to the broken-out data.
2. Background Art
The disclosure will be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, where like designations denote like elements, and:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a prior art mobile data network;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile data network that includes first, second and third service mechanisms that all communicate via an overlay network;
The claims and disclosure herein provide mechanisms and methods for a breakout component in a radio access network to break out data coming from a basestation, and to host device-specific edge applications that perform one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data.
Referring to FIG. 1, a prior art mobile data network 100 is shown. Mobile data network 100 is representative of known 3G networks. The mobile data network 100 preferably includes a radio access network (RAN), a core network, and an external network, as shown in FIG. 1. The radio access network includes the tower 120, basestation 122 with its corresponding NodeB 130, and a radio interface on a radio network controller (RNC) 140. The core network includes a network interface on the radio network controller 140, the serving node 150, gateway node 160 and operator service network 170 (as part of the mobile data network). The external network includes any suitable network. One suitable example for an external network is the internet 180, as shown in the specific example in FIG. 1.
In mobile data network 100, user equipment 110 communicates via radio waves to a tower 120. User equipment 110 may include any device capable of connecting to a mobile data network, including a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a mobile access card coupled to a laptop computer, etc. The tower 120 communicates via network connection to a basestation 122. Each basestation 122 includes a NodeB 130, which communicates with the tower 120 and the radio network controller 140. Note there is a fan-out that is not represented in FIG. 1. Typically there are tens of thousands of towers 120. Each tower 120 typically has a corresponding base station 122 with a NodeB 130 that communicates with the tower. However, network communications with the tens of thousands of base stations 130 are performed by hundreds of radio network controllers 140. Thus, each radio network controller 140 can service many NodeBs 130 in basestations 122. There may also be other items in the network between the basestation 130 and the radio network controller 140 that are not shown in FIG. 1, such as concentrators (points of concentration) or RAN aggregators that support communications with many basestations.