Patent ID: 8934453
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, with a breakout gateway device of a mobile service provider network and from a serving node of a mobile core network of the mobile service provider network, a service request that specifies a requested service; in response to receiving the service request, sending a service response from the breakout gateway device to the serving node, wherein the service response includes a packet data protocol (PDP) address for a mobile device; receiving, with the breakout gateway device, data traffic associated with the requested service and the mobile device from a radio access network of the mobile service provider network, wherein the data traffic is destined for a packet data network (PDN) and sourced by the PDP address for the mobile device; and bypassing the serving node by sending the data traffic from the breakout gateway device to an access node of an offload network that provides at least part of an access path from the radio access network to the PDN.