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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Ljungsbro, SE;
Håkan Axelsson, Linkoping, SE;
Stefan Johansson, Linkoping, SE;
Thomas Walldeen, Linkoping, SE;
Magnus Stattin, Upplands Vasby, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is introduced for flexible user equipment ('UE') identification. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a first message from a user equipment () to a radio access node () to resume a passive user equipment context. The message includes a UE identifier () having a flag () indicating if the user equipment () is resuming connectivity to the radio access node () and a first local UE identifier () for the radio access node ().