Packet-switched communications in a mobile network

Details Packet-switched communications in a mobile network Packet-switched communications in a mobile network

2008-09-02

2008-09-02

Pham, Chi H. (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Communication over free space

Having a plurality of contiguous regions served by...

C370S401000

Reexamination Certificate

active

09609913

ABSTRACT:
A mobile communications system includes a system controller and cell sites having base station systems. The network between the system controller and the base station systems is a packet-switched network, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) network. In one embodiment, the mobile communications system is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system. The system controller is a serving GPRS support node (SGSN), and the network between the SGSN and the base station systems includes a Gb network. In one arrangement, IP addressing is used to communicate messages between the base station systems and the SGSN.

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