Patent ID: 9294986
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a first network device that is communicatively coupled to a second network device in a network, the first network device communicatively coupled to a first radio base station (RBS), the second network device communicatively coupled to a second RBS, the method comprising: creating a connection-oriented interface with the first RBS for exchanging one or more packets originating from the first RBS destined for the first network device, and for exchanging one or more packets originating from the first network device destined for the first RBS, by: receiving, via the connection-oriented interface, a first CONNECT packet originating from the first RBS destined for the first network device, the first CONNECT packet including a first IP address of the second RBS; and creating, in response to receiving the first CONNECT packet, a first network route between the first RBS and the second RBS using the first IP address of the second RBS included in the first CONNECT packet.