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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Samy Touati, San Jose, CA (US);

Göran Hall, Mölndal, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of proxy operation at a mobile router includes connecting to a plurality of machine-type communication (MTC) devices via a southbound interface of the mobile router that uses a first radio access technology, and connecting to a mobile communication network via a northbound interface of the mobile router that uses a second radio access technology. The method further includes establishing a main communication session between the mobile router and the mobile communication network via the northbound interface, including authenticating the mobile router to the mobile communication network, and operating as a proxy for the plurality of MTC devices. Such operation includes relaying signaling between individual ones of the plurality of MTC devices and the mobile communication network via respective sub-sessions of the main communication session.


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