Patent ID: 8619647

Claim:
A method for providing macro diversity in a mobile data network with data breakout at a basestation in a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting radio signals to and from user equipment from a plurality of basestations that are part of the radio access network that communicates with the core network, sending uplink signaling data from a plurality of basestations to a plurality of edge processing mechanisms each associated with at least one of the plurality of basestations and located within the radio access network, wherein the edge processing mechanisms provide data breakout to process data from an intercepted data stream to the plurality of basestations; designating at least one edge processing mechanisms as slave edge processing mechanisms and an edge processing mechanism as a master edge processing mechanism; sending uplink signaling data from the at least one slave edge processing mechanism to the master edge processing mechanism; and combining uplink signaling data received by the master edge processing mechanism with signaling data from the at least one slave edge processing mechanism to generate a best data packet.