| US 7,499,401 B2 | ||
| Integrated web cache | ||
| Milind M. Buddhikot, Cliffwood, N.J. (US); Girish P. Chandranmenon, Edison, N.J. (US); Seung-Jae Han, Basking Ridge, N.J. (US); Yui-Wah Lee, Freehold, N.J. (US); Scott C. Miller, Freehold, N.J. (US); and Luca Salgarelli, Randolph, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/689,168. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/420054, filed on Oct. 21, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0087304 A1, May 06, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 1/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—235 [370/338; 370/342; 370/401; 370/469; 455/433] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A gateway for mobile communications, comprising:
a cache for storing network data recently downloaded from a network;
a mobile IP foreign agent; and
a packet filter that directs requests for the network data from a mobile node to the cache;
the packet filter directing the requested network data from the cache to the mobile node by way of the foreign agent, without
forwarding the requested network data to a home agent of the mobile node, wherein the packet filter performs network layer
filtering and one of the group consisting of transport layer filtering and application layer filtering.
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