Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inter-system handover and multi-connectivity via an integrated small cell and WiFi gateway
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Application No.: US17099048Application Date: 2020-11-16
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Publication No.: US11425612B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: John L. Tomici , Ahmed Mohamed , Michael F. Starsinic , Qing Li
- Applicant: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.
- Current Assignee: IPLA HOLDINGS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- 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 3GPP 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
- US20210076265A1 INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER AND MULTI-CONNECTIVITY VIA AN INTEGRATED SMALL CELL AND WIFI GATEWAY Public/Granted day:2021-03-11
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