Direct tunnel error handling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8638660
APP PUB NO 20100322068A1
SERIAL NO

12521327

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An apparatus is disclosed which according to an embodiment is configured to store a direct tunnel context. The direct tunnel context comprises a field or flag indicating whether or not a direct tunnel is established between the apparatus and a radio network, and further comprises at least one of a tunnel endpoint identifier and an address of a user plane of a serving node. The direct tunnel context optionally further comprises at least one of a tunnel endpoint identifier and an address of a user plane of a controller of the radio network. The apparatus may be a gateway or a gateway general packet radio service support node. The invention further provides a method, system, device and program suitable or configured to handle such direct tunnel contexts.

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  • NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grahn, Tom Patrik Vantaa, FI 3 34
Gulbani, Giorgi Espoo, FI 9 95
Huomo, Miikka Martti Einari Espoo, FI 4 44

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