- Patent Title: Data gateway selection for wireless user equipment (UE) handover
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Application No.: US17867493Application Date: 2022-07-18
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Publication No.: US11778531B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Rajil Malhotra , Anuj Sharma
- Applicant: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US KS Overland Park
- Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Overland Park
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/08 ; H04W88/16

Abstract:
A wireless communication network handsover a wireless User Equipment (UE) to a target communication network. A wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless UE and exchanges the user data with a User Plane Function (UPF). The UPF exchanges the user data with the wireless access node. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) identifies a handover of the wireless UE from the wireless access node to the target communication network, and in response, identifies a Gateway Identifier (GW ID) for a data GW that is physically co-located with the UPF and transfers handover signaling indicating the GW ID to the target communication network. The target communication network exchanges additional user data with the wireless UE over the data GW in response to the GW ID in the handover signaling—possibly without using a Domain Name System (DNS) to determine the GW ID.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220353773A1 DATA GATEWAY SELECTION FOR WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT (UE) HANDOVER Public/Granted day:2022-11-03
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