Patent ID: 8223741

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of routing a data packet within a wireless telecommunications network (“network”), the method comprising: receiving a first data packet that includes a first header that indicates a first source from where said first data packet came and a first destination to which said first data packet is bound, wherein said first header includes first destination information that is useable outside of said network to properly route said first data packet though the Internet; prepending a second header to the first data packet, such that said first header becomes an inner header and the second header becomes an outer header, wherein said outer header includes routing information that is useable to properly route said first data packet though said network but not through the Internet; receiving the first data packet, including the inner header and the outer header, at a routing component that is within the network; and referencing the inner header to perform an action within said network.