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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2011
Flemming S. Andreasen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Kent K. Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michel Khouderchah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy P. Stammers, Raleigh, NC (US);
Flemming S. Andreasen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Kent K. Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michel Khouderchah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jayaraman R. Iyer, San Jose, CA (US);
Timothy P. Stammers, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a data packet over a first link at a first network element; establishing an out-of-band channel over a second link between the first network element and a second network element; and receiving instructions at the first network element to offload the data packet from the first link. In more particular embodiments, the first network element is a mobile enabled router, and the second network element is a gateway general packet radio service support node or a packet data network gateway. The method can also include receiving a discovery message from the second network element, the discovery message triggering the establishment of the out-of-band channel. In certain cases, the data packet is offloaded based on a type of data in the data packet.