Patent ID: 8576744

Claim:
A method of inserting communications to a user on a RAN network, wherein said network comprising a plurality of components, comprising: logically inserting a device between a first and second component in said RAN, said device comprising a storage element, control logic and two interface modules, such that said device communicates with both said first and said second component; using a first of said interface modules to emulate said first component to said second component, wherein said first component is disposed between said device and said user; using a second of said interface modules to emulate said second component to said first component; using said control logic in said device to interpret a communication from said first to said second component, wherein said communication comprises a plurality of protocol layers and said protocols define a control plane and a user plane; saving information from said control plane and associating it with said user; creating new packets at said control plane destined for said user, based on said saved control plane information; and injecting said new packets with communications from said second component toward said user.