Patent ID: 8670387

Claim:
An access services network (ASN) gateway configured to couple to a base station via an R6 reference point, the ASN gateway comprising: one or more processors; memory storing program instructions executable by the one or more processors to: implement a client application control process that corresponds to a peer client application agent process executable on the base station; and implement an R6 control process executable to receive, via the R6 reference point, an R6-compliant message from an R6 agent process executable on the base station, wherein the R6-compliant message corresponds to a first client application-specific message originating from the peer client application agent process, wherein the R6-compliant message is in a first format; wherein the R6 control process is executable, in response to receiving the R6-compliant message, to send a second client application-specific message to the client application control process, wherein the second client application-specific message is in a second format.