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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 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 communicating an in-band message packet from a first network element; receiving a response to the in-band message from a second network element, the response contains tunnel identification binding data that identifies a tunnel on a backhaul link on which traffic from a user equipment can flow; and receiving instructions from the second network element to offload a received data packet from the backhaul link. In particular instances, the in-band message is set to loopback when the in-band message is sent from the first network element. In other embodiments, the tunnel identification binding data is provided in the payload of the in-band message when the in-band message is sent from the first network element. In other examples, the method can include receiving an assigned Internet protocol (IP) address of the user equipment in the response to the in-band message.