Patent ID: 8897766

Claim:
A system of edge-byte caching for reducing traffic in a cellular network comprising: a plurality of electronic mobile cellular devices capable of receiving and transmitting voice and data information; one or more network edge devices each having antenna and communication logic and being capable of establishing communication links with said electronic mobile cellular devices and each network edge device having a cache memory for storing data for transmission to said electronic mobile cellular devices; a network core having at least one server device for gathering, storing and transmitting requested data to said electronic mobile cellular devices, said network core also having a cache memory for storing transmitted data; token packets transmitted between said network core, said network edge devices and said electronic mobile devices; state information contained in token packets transmitted from said network core to an electronic mobile cellular device of a plurality of said electronic mobile cellular devices for enabling the said electronic mobile cellular device to receive data from said network core, said state information includes information identifying data that has been previously transmitted from said network core to network edge devices, such that the previously transmitted data can be retrieved by a requesting electronic mobile device without the need to retransmit the requested data from the network core.