Patent ID: 9743334
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by a gateway node in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network for enabling data path selection in a virtual home gateway, which comprises: receiving, at the gateway node, from a mobile device served by the LTE network, Identifier Locator Network Protocol (ILNP) mobility signaling, the ILNP mobility signaling including a destination locator for a Border Network Gateway (BNG) in an Internet Protocol (IP) network that routes traffic to and from the mobile device via a Residential Gateway (RGW); sending, from the gateway node to the BNG, a signaling message in response to the received ILNP mobility signaling; receiving, at the gateway node, from the BNG, an acknowledgement message acknowledging the signaling message; after receiving the acknowledgement message, tunneling, over an LTE interface via the gateway node, traffic between the mobile device and the RGW.