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Radio network and a method for operating a radio network

US8660065B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC EUROPE LTD. · DE

Inventors

Marco Liebsch · Heidelberg, DE
Paulo Ferrer Loureiro · Heidelberg, DE
Andreas Kunz · Ladenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2009
Grant date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/16
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A radio network allows a flexible distribution of data flows between a mobile station and a mobility anchor of the network over different interfaces. Data flows are routed between at least one mobile station and a mobility anchor of the network. The mobile station can connect to the mobility anchor using multiple network interfaces simultaneously, the radio network including an application function capable of processing and/or analyzing information about routing policies contained in a signalling received from a mobile station, which is able to push or signal the processed and/or analyzed information from the application function to an entity that can enforce routing policies to forward the data flows to one or more selected interfaces and which is able to signal routing policies received from the network to the mobile station. Further, an according method for operating a radio network, especially for routing data flows within the network, is disclosed.

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