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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Bruce O. Anthony, Jr., Pine Island, MN (US);
Ronald L. Billau, Rochester, MN (US);
Canio Cillis, Berlin, DE;
Robert B. Nicholson, Hampshire, GB;
Bruce O. Anthony, Jr., Pine Island, MN (US);
Ronald L. Billau, Rochester, MN (US);
Canio Cillis, Berlin, DE;
Robert B. Nicholson, Hampshire, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services based on the broken out data. A second service mechanism in the core network performs one or more mobile network services based on the network traffic remaining after the first service mechanism performs its breakout. An optional third service mechanism coupled to the core network provides one or more mobile network services in the mobile data network. An overlay network allows the first, second and third service mechanisms to communicate with each other. The overlay network is preferably a private virtual network.