| US 7,616,599 B2 | ||
| Label switched packet transfer base station | ||
| Bijan Jabbari, Washington, D.C. (US); Esmael Dinan, Herndon, Va. (US); and Rajiv Papneja, Billerica, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to George Mason Intellectual Properties, Inc., Fairfax, Va. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/419,286. | ||
| Application 11/419286 is a continuation of application No. 09/956466, filed on Sep. 20, 2001, granted, now 7,061,896. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/234167, filed on Sep. 20, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0193322 A1, Aug. 31, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2009.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—328 [370/392; 370/401] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A cellular network base station configured to operate in a cellular network, the cellular network comprising:
(a) a service area divided into a multitude of cells through which one or more mobile terminals can move through, said base
station configured to communicate with said mobile terminals deployed in said multitude of cells for forwarding packets between
said base station and said mobile terminals;
(b) a cellular label switched network, including a plurality of nodes, said plurality of nodes topologically connected, said
plurality of nodes including at least one label switching node;
(c) a connection between said base station and at least one label switching node for forwarding packets between said base
station and said at least one label switching node;
(d) a means for determining a label switched path for directing packets between a pair of locations, said pair of locations
consisting of:
(i) nodes; and
(ii) said base station;
(e) a means for attaching a label to said packets, said label including:
(i) said label switched path; and
(ii) control information;
(f) a means for removing said label from said labeled packet;
(g) a means for each of said nodes to interpret said label; and
(h) a means for each of said nodes to forward said label switched packet along said label switched path; and
wherein said base station uses wireless technology to communicate with said mobile terminals, said wireless technology using
a protocol layer architecture including at least one of the following:
(i) a wireless physical layer;
(ii) a wireless medium access control protocol layer;
(iii) a radio link control layer, said radio link control segments mobile packets into radio link frames identified by radio
link identifiers and users means for error mitigation to enhance poor radio link quality; and
(iv) a network layer.
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