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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Matthew H. Harper, Salem, NH (US);
Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil, Nashua, NH (US);
Rajesh Ramankutty, Nashua, NH (US);
Shaji E. Radhakrishnan, Nashua, NH (US);
Kuntal Chowdhury, Andover, MA (US);
Matthew H. Harper, Salem, NH (US);
Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil, Nashua, NH (US);
Rajesh Ramankutty, Nashua, NH (US);
Shaji E. Radhakrishnan, Nashua, NH (US);
Kuntal Chowdhury, Andover, MA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for bridging packet flows to bypass call legs and/or tunnels are provided. A tunnel initiator, which can be an access gateway, a foreign agent, and a mobility anchor point, for example, provides a bypass for certain packets that have a destination serviced by the same tunnel initiator. The bridge allows the packets to bypass a backhaul loop and reduces latency and frees bandwidth for other purposes in the network. The bridging can be implemented in a tunnel initiator for mobile to mobile packet flows, mobile to land line packet flows, and land line to mobile packet flows. Route optimization can also be provided in certain embodiments.