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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Stewart H. Maxwell, Dallas, TX (US);

Wesley R. Erhart, McKinney, TX (US);

Srinivas Eswara, Garland, TX (US);

Anthony D. Bennett, Plano, TX (US);

Eric C. Corum, Georgetown, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stewart H. Maxwell, Dallas, TX (US);

Wesley R. Erhart, McKinney, TX (US);

Srinivas Eswara, Garland, TX (US);

Anthony D. Bennett, Plano, TX (US);

Eric C. Corum, Georgetown, TX (US);

Assignee:

Nortel Networks Limited, Mississauga, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04B 1/60 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An access gateway node couples a control node to an external data network, where the control node and access gateway node are for use in a wireless communications network. The access gateway node comprises a data function to route packets containing traffic data between the control node and the external data network. An interface to the control node enables exchange of control messages between the data function and a control function in the control node.


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