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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
May. 22, 2006
Mark Grayson, Maidenhead, GB;
Jayaraman Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin Shatzkamer, New York, NY (US);
Richard Kyle Forster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anand K. Oswal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark Grayson, Maidenhead, GB;
Jayaraman Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kevin Shatzkamer, New York, NY (US);
Richard Kyle Forster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anand K. Oswal, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) network architecture. In a specific embodiment, the network architecture includes a mobile station and an access point in communication with the mobile station. A UMA Controller (UNC) communicates with the access point. A Service GateWay (SGW) communicates with the UMA controller. The SGW includes functionality to route user-plane packets in the UMA. In a more specific embodiment, the functionality includes UNC user-plane functionality offloaded from the UNC to the SGW; Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) user-plane functionality; access-authentication functionality sufficient to enable the SGW to enable the SGW to bypass a legacy SGSN control plane; and/or Radio Network Controller (RNC) user-plane functionality sufficient to enable communications between the SGW and the RNC.