- Patent Title: Access point name mappings for a layer two wireless access network
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Application No.: US13957228Application Date: 2013-08-01
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Publication No.: US09622143B1Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Krishna Sankaran , Prasad Chigurupati , Pradip De , Santosh Gupta , Rajashekhar Reddy
- Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W40/02
- IPC: H04W40/02 ; H04W76/02 ; H04L29/12 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/931 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
In general, techniques are described for using virtual local area networks (VLANs) to facilitate packet forwarding between wireless endpoint devices attached to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access network and one or more mobile gateways providing access to packet data network services. For example, a wireless access gateway includes an upstream interface for a mobility tunnel to a mobile gateway of a mobile service provider network and a downstream interface for a WLAN access network. The wireless access gateway receives a packet from the mobile gateway by the upstream interface. The wireless access gateway determines, based at least on the mobility tunnel, a VLAN of the WLAN access network that is uniquely associated in the wireless access gateway with a combination of the APN associated with the mobility tunnel and the mobile gateway. The wireless access gateway then forwards, to a wireless endpoint device, the packet on the VLAN.
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