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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 5/005 (2013.01); H04J 3/1652 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/04 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01);
Abstract
An in band control channel is created between nodes of a communication network in which the nodes have limited capability of inspecting the payload of packets to be transported over the network. The in band control channel is created by transmitting a plurality of dummy packets, each dummy packet having one of a plurality of different predetermined lengths, the sequence of dummy packets defining a code corresponding to at least one control command.