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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Mohan Rangan, Nashua, NH (US);
Inventor:
Mohan Rangan, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04W 88/00 (2009.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 92/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04W 88/005 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/002 (2013.01); H04W 92/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for enhancing broadcast/multicast services in telecommunication networks are disclosed. A multicast router is provided between a network node, such as an SGSN or GGSN, and a radio access network. A multicast transport address can be provided to send packet data from network devices to the radio network in a multicast fashion. The multicast transport address works with multicast equipment, such as multicast routers, to reduce the burdens of sending data in a broadcast or multicast fashion to mobile nodes.