Patent ID: 8908553

Claim:
A method for processing data packets in a mobile data network that includes a radio access network coupled to a core network, the method comprising the steps of: a plurality of antennas sending and receiving network messages between user equipment and a plurality of basestations in the radio access network, each basestation communicating with a corresponding one of the plurality of antennas; providing a first service mechanism in the radio access network and a second service mechanism in the core network; establishing breakout authorization criteria on the second service mechanism; the second service mechanism in the core network performs the steps of: monitoring network messages in the core network to determine traffic that meets the breakout authorization criteria; and sending a message to the first service mechanism with subscriber information for network messages that meet the breakout authorization criteria; the first service mechanism in the radio access network that performs the following two steps for subscriber sessions authorized with subscriber information from the second service mechanism: applying packet inspection to determine what messages in the radio access network meet breakout conditions; and breaking out internet protocol (IP) traffic flows that meet the breakout conditions to be serviced by the first service mechanism; and communicating between the first service mechanism and the second service mechanism on an overlay network.