Patent ID: 10009826

Abstract:
A wireless relay serves a first User Equipment (UE). An eNodeB wirelessly exchanges UE signaling data and UE user data with the first UE. The eNodeB processes the UE signaling data to generate S1-MME signaling data and exchanges the S1-MME signaling data with an Ethernet switch in the relay. The eNodeB processes the UE user data to generate S1-U user data and exchanges the S1-U user data with a Local Serving Gateway (L-SGW) in the relay. The L-SGW terminates the S1-U user data to generate non-General Packet Radio Service Transfer Protocol (non-GTP) user data. The L-SGW exchanges the non-GTP user data with the Ethernet switch. The Ethernet switch exchanges the non-GTP user data over a Wide Area Network (WAN) with a Secure Gateway (Se-GW) to a core Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.