Michael R Nicolazzo

US Patent:

20130024500, Jan 24, 2013

Filed:

Sep 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/621990

Inventors:

SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC - Chelmsford MA, US
Michael NICOLAZZO - Philadelphia PA, US
William M. TURNER - Higganum CT, US
Talbot HACK - Ann Arbor MI, US
Moshe SUBERRI - Voorhees NJ, US

Assignee:

SYCAMORE NETWORKS, INC - Chelmsford MA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

A method in an electronic device provides local content to a user device in a communication network. The communication network includes an access network and a core network. In the access network, a content request is intercepted from the user device, which may be formatted according to a network interface. The content request may include a request for data content. Protocol layers associated with an active data session may be terminated so that an edge gateway device may extract and inject packets into the data stream without involving the core network. A cache may be maintained in the access network.