Patent ID: 9231817
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first data packet at a first access node of a network and from a packet processing node of the network, the first access node communicating with a first group of user devices; forwarding the first data packet, to a destination user device of the first group of user devices, using a first transport technology and a first media access control (MAC) protocol associated with the first transport technology; receiving a second data packet at a second access node of the network and from the packet processing node, the second access node communicating with a second group of user devices; and forwarding the second data packet, to a destination user device of the second group of user devices, using a second transport technology and a second MAC protocol associated with the second transport technology, wherein the first and second transport technologies are different and the first and second MAC protocols are different.