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Methods and apparatus for routing of data packets over a network

US10887820B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Konstantinos Vandikas · Solna, SE
Athanasios Karapantelakis · Solna, SE
Leonid Mokrushin · Uppsala, SE
Maxim Teslenko · Sollentuna, SE
Keven Wang · Sollentuna, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 21, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W80/04
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for routing data packets in a communications network, such as a packet-switched network (e.g. an IP network). Instead of, or in addition to, conventional routing techniques such as longest prefix matching, the disclosure provides a method by which a network node can determine whether to defer transmission of a particular data packet based on geographical location and velocity data. Particularly for data that can tolerate high latency, this will serve to reduce consumption of network resources without adversely impacting user experience.

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