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Mobile handover utilizing multicast in a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS)-based network

US7668139B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Henry Mitchel · Wayne, US
James Tsai · Beaverton, US
Gerald Lebizay · Las Vegas, US
Prakash Iyer · Portland, US
Asher M. Altman · Bedford, US
Farid Adrangi · Lake Oswego, US
Alan Stone · Morristown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2005
Grant date	Feb 23, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

Methods and devices are disclosed for communicating in a wireless network using multi-protocol label switching (MPLS). A network service node is configured to send identical packets substantially simultaneously to each of a serving network access station and one or more target network access stations via two or more respective MPLS tunnels in response to a handoff trigger message. Additional embodiments and variations are also disclosed.

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