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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2016
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Yu Wang, Fairfax, VA (US);

Dhaval Mehta, Aldie, VA (US);

Won An, Fairfax, VA (US);

Udit Thakore, Fairfax, VA (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/06 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04L 65/608 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Network nodes including relays and access nodes are configured to transport data packets by identifying the type of data packet and correspondingly compressing a header portion of the data packet. Operations described herein may be implemented in a network that is capable of transporting voice over LTE (VoLTE) data packets using the GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP). A unique value is marked to an IP header of the voice data packet, and the GTP headers may be mapped to a unique bearer that is different from a standard voice bearer used in the network. The compression uses a robust header compression (RoHC), which includes compressing a RTP header portion along with a GTP header portion using existing or new compression profiles.


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