Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enterprise fabric configured to support cellular mobility
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Application No.: US16291540Application Date: 2019-03-04
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Publication No.: US10448352B1Publication Date: 2019-10-15
- Inventor: Mark Grayson , Rajesh S. Pazhyannur , Srinath Gundavelli , Mickael James Graham
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: H04W8/08
- IPC: H04W8/08 ; H04W48/00 ; H04W60/00 ; H04W8/20

Abstract:
A mobility management entity (MME) controls an enterprise fabric. The MME receives from a mobile device via a cellular network a request to initiate an attach procedure. In response, the MME acquires from the mobile device a unique equipment identifier of the mobile device. The MME generates an enterprise identity for the mobile device based on the unique equipment identifier, and registers the enterprise identity in the enterprise fabric. The MME signals to a user plane function of the cellular network that the mobile device has been registered, to trigger the user plane function to acquire an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the mobile device based on the enterprise identity. The MME receives from the user plane function the acquired IP address. The MME sends to the mobile device, through the cellular network, an attach accept message that includes the acquired IP address for use by the mobile device.
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