Patent ID: 8837395
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An access network entity for a mobile communication system that comprises an access network and a core network, said access network entity comprising a controller circuit configured to: receive, from a first radio terminal, a service request message for data unit communication from said first radio terminal to a second radio terminal; perform a conveying decision procedure to determine a channel association for a radio channel between the access network entity and the first radio terminal within the access network; if an outcome of the conveying decision procedure affirms an option of using an access network channel, associate the radio channel between the access network entity and the first radio terminal with the access network channel for conveying data units from the first radio terminal within the access network to the second radio terminal served by the same access network without conveying the data units through the core network; and otherwise, associate the radio channel between the access network entity and the first radio terminal with a channel to a dedicated data unit processing entity in said core network for conveying data units from said radio terminal to said dedicated data unit processing entity for processing.