Patent ID: 7061896

Claim:
A cellular network comprising: (a) a service area divided into a multitude of cells through which one or more mobile terminals can move through; (b) base stations capable of communicating with said mobile terminals, deployed in each of said multitude of cells for forwarding packets between said base stations and said mobile terminals, (i) wherein said base stations use wireless technology to communicate with said mobile terminals, said wireless technology uses a protocol layer architecture including at least one of the following: (1) a wireless physical layer; (2) a wireless medium access control protocol layer; (3) a radio link control layer, said radio link control segments mobile packets into radio link frames identified by radio link identifiers and users means for error mitigation to enhance or radio link quality; and (4) a network layer; (c) a cellular label switched network, including a plurality of nodes, said plurality of nodes topologically connected, said plurality of nodes including at least one label switching node; (d) a connection between each of said base stations and at least one label switching node for forwarding packets between said base stations and said label switching nodes; (e) a means for determining a label switched path for directing packets between a pair of locations, said pair of locations consisting of: (i) nodes; and (ii) base stations; (f) a means for attaching a label to said packets, said label including: (i) said label switched path; and (ii) control information; (g) a means for removing Bald label from said labeled packet; (h) a means for each of said nodes to interpret said label; and (i) a moans for each of said nodes to forward said label switched packet along said label switched path.