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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Konstantinos Vandikas, Solna, SE;
Ioannis Fikouras, Stockholm, SE;
Rafia Inam, Västerås, SE;
Athanasios Karapantelakis, Stockholm, SE;
Qiang Li, Täby, SE;
Leonid Mokrushin, Uppsala, SE;
Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan, Vällingby, SE;
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.02); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 61/6018 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control node (e.g., MME, BSC, RNC), a database (e.g., distributed database) and associated methods are described herein for attaching a UE which is embedded within a device (e.g., vehicle) to a telecommunication network and selecting a gateway (e.g., P-GW, S-GW, SGSN, GGSN) for a connection (e.g., PDN connection) so that the UE can connect to an external network like the Internet.