Cisco Technology, Inc.

Altiostar Networks, Inc.

Nortel Networks Corporation

Apple Inc.

Rockstar Bidco, LP

Starent Networks Corporation

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Cellco Partnership

Ericsson Ab

Mavenir Systems, Inc.

Kuntal Chowdhury

Ashraf M Dahod

Andrew Gibbs

Rajesh Ramankutty

Si Nguyen

Rajeev Koodli

Matthew Hayden Harper

Shaji E Radhakrishnan

Parvez Munir Khan

Leonard Schwartz

Jayshree Bharatia

Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil

Marvin Bienn

Peter W Wenzel

Mini Vasudevan

Kenneth Edward Virgile

Anthony Schoener

Mohamed Khalil

Haseeb Akhtar

Janakiraman Senthilnathan

Anupam Kumar Goel

Mruthyunjaya Navali

Anand Palanigounder

Jun J Li

Serge M Manning

Robert J Marks

Peter Anthony Barany

Rajat Ghai

Michael P Hammer

Chung-Ching Wang

Arun C Alex

Rajesh P Velandy

Mohan Rangan

Sanket Nesargi

Pierre Boulos

Pramod Kumar Singh

Rajarajan Sivaraj

Peter McCANN

Khalid Ahmad

Guy Helm

Satya Narayana (Satish) Vasamsetti

Kevin Cramer

Yasaman Abtahi

Manish Mittal

Sanil-Kumar Puthiyandyil

Taiwo Oyedele

Michael Digiorgio

A method of uniquely identifying a user equipment (UE) connected to a radio access network (RAN) includes: providing a radio access network intelligent controller (RIC) component associated with the RAN; configuring, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a default data radio bearer (DRB) for the UE to maintain Internet Protocol (I) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) connectivity with the RAN; and using, by the RIC, one of NG uplink (UL) user plane (UP) Transport Layer Information or S1 UL UP Transport Layer Information of the default DRB for uniquely identifying the UE for the entire time the UE is connected to the RAN. The unique identification for the UE is retained across at least one of i) multiple connectivity sessions for the UE, ii) multiple mobility sessions for the UE, and iii) multiple context sessions for the UE.

Method and apparatus for unique identification of individual users in the radio access network (RAN) intelligent controller

A system, a method, and a computer program product for coordinating communication of data packets between a user device and a core network are disclosed. The system includes a first device communicatively coupled to the core network, a second device communicatively coupled to the first device. The second device receives signals from the user device. The first device and the second device share at least one functionality associated with layer 2 of a long term evolution radio access network.

Long term evolution radio access network

This disclosure relates to a system and method for routing data packets adaptively in a communication system. As the proliferation of data rich content and increasingly more capable mobile devices has continued, the amount of data communicated over mobile operator's networks can continue to exponentially increase. One way to accommodate increased data traffic and provide high quality data communication services to end users is by utilizing network resources efficiently. This disclosure provides systems and methods for efficiently utilizing network resources by providing adaptive intelligence to data packet routing systems.

Adaptive intelligent routing in a communication system

A system, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for transmission of data packets are disclosed. A determination is made whether an application service is being consumed by user equipment. Channel quality information is obtained for a channel being used by the user equipment to consume the application service. Based on the obtained channel quality information, a treatment is applied to the application service being consumed by the user equipment.

Application intelligence controller

This disclosure relates to a system and method for offloading selected data to an alternate communication network. The offloading provides another route for selected packet traffic that can relieve the burden on a mobile operator's network, such as the backhaul and core networks. As the proliferation of data rich content and increasingly more capable mobile devices has continued, the amount of data communicated over mobile operator's networks has exponentially increased. Upgrading the existing network that was designed for voice calls is not desirable or practical for many mobile operators. This disclosure provides systems and methods for offloading data to the Internet or another IP network to relieve congestion on the mobile operator's network.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for providing offloading to an alternate network

A system, a method, a device, and a computer program product for transmission of data packets between a user device and a server. A transmission control protocol proxy component for establishing a communication link between the user device and the server in accordance with a transmission control protocol for transmission of a data packet between the user device and the server is provided. The data packet is transmitted utilizing the transmission control protocol.

Transmission control protocol proxy in long term evolution radio access network

A system, a method, a device, and a computer program product for transmission of data packets between a user device and a server. A communication link between the user device and the server is established in accordance with a transmission control protocol for transmission of a data packet between the user device and the server. The data packet is transmitted utilizing the transmission control protocol.

Transmission control protocol in long term evolution radio access network

A base station, system, method, and computer program product are disclosed for transmitting data packets received by the base station. According to one aspect, the base station includes a first buffer configured to store data packets received by the base station, a second buffer configured to store data packets that are scheduled for transmission by the base station, and a computer processor, operatively coupled to the first buffer and the second buffer. The computer processor is configured to inspect a data packet to determine an application type of the data packet, determine a delay tolerance associated with the data packet based on the determined application type, determine a channel condition of a communication session with the user device, move the data packet from the first buffer to the second buffer based on the determined delay tolerance and the determined channel condition, and transmit data packets stored in the second buffer.

Systems and methods for scheduling of data packets based on delay tolerance of applications

Systems and methods for call localization are provided. The call localization can be provided in a radio access network by detecting a call flow between mobile node such as user equipment (UE) served by the same radio access network device. For example, a gateway can detect a call localization opportunity and the call can be localized with an evolved nodeB (eNB). The method provides for efficient routing, reporting of billing information, lawful monitoring, and mobility if one or both user equipment leave the common eNB.

Localized forwarding

Systems and methods are provided that allow network resources to be shared across geographical distances. This can be achieved by changing the resources available for establishing and handling call or data session processing in an area. A mobility management device can alone or in combination with a DNS server change the size or the resource pool available in some embodiments. The change in resources can be dynamic according to certain predefined conditions or can be setup beforehand to account for daily demand. This sharing of resources can allow more efficient usage of resources available across a geographic region, rather than needed to over-provision each region to account for peak demands.

Provisioning available network resources

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Kuntal Chowdhury