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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Lalit R. Kotecha, San Ramon, CA (US);
John F. Macias, Antelope, CA (US);
Sagiv Draznin, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Donna L. Polehn, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kumar Sanjeev, San Ramon, CA (US);
Arda Aksu, Martinez, CA (US);
Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, San Ramon, CA (US);
David Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Mingxing S. Li, San Jose, CA (US);
Xuming Chen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A device may receive information associated with establishing a gateway connection. The gateway connection may be an ad hoc connection to a user device that permits the user device to transfer network traffic to/from a base station via another user device and without the user device directly connecting to the base station via a radio access network. The information being associated with determining that a gateway establishment condition is satisfied. The device may cause the gateway connection to be established based on the information associated with establishing the gateway connection. The device may cause the user device to utilize the gateway connection to transfer network traffic to/from the base station.