Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inter-system handover and multi-connectivity via an integrated small cell and WiFi gateway
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Application No.: US15325740Application Date: 2015-07-14
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Publication No.: US10542462B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: John L. Tomici , Ahmed Mohamed , Michael F. Starsinic , Qing Li
- Applicant: Convida Wireless, LLC
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
- Current Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- International Application: PCT/US2015/040343 WO 20150714
- International Announcement: WO2016/011001 WO 20160121
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W76/12 ; H04W36/14 ; H04W88/16 ; H04W8/26 ; H04W36/18 ; H04W76/15 ; H04W84/04 ; H04W92/06 ; H04W84/12

Abstract:
A system comprises an integrated small cell and WiFi (ISW) gateway (GW). The ISW GW is integrated with a mobility management entity (MME) and serving gateway (SGW) and has interfaces with both a 3 GPP access network and a TWAN. The ISW GW operates as a common control gateway and a common user gateway for both LTE networks and TWANs. User equipment (UE) by means of the ISW GW is able to access the capabilities of a packet data network (PDN) through either the LTE network or TWAN. Further, the ISW GW provides for an existing communication connection between a UE and a PDN to be handed over from one of the LTE network or TWAN to the other. Still further, the ISW GW supports simultaneously maintaining two communication paths, one via the LTE network and one via the TWAN, between a UE and a packet network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170156086A1 INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER AND MULTI-CONNECTIVITY VIA AN INTEGRATED SMALL CELL AND WIFI GATEWAY Public/Granted day:2017-06-01
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