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Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin E. Bittfield, Lenexa, KS (US);

Frederick C. Rogers, Olathe, KS (US);

John H. Bennett, III, Lawrence, KS (US);

Chidambaram Pavanasam, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/167 (2013.01); H04L 47/781 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for allocating user device parameters based on one or more Internet Protocol versions with which a user device is capable of communicating. An indication is received that the user device is requesting to be authenticated in a wireless communications network. It is determined that the user device is capable of communicating in the wireless communications network using IPv6 only. One or more configurable user device parameters, such as a DNS server, are assigned to the user device based, at least, on the user device being capable of communicating using IPv6 only and not IPv4 only or IPv6 and IPv4. This eliminates a need for a new APN to be configured on the user device.


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