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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:
Jun. 23, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2014
Applicant:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Niko Kiukkonen, Veikkola, FI;

Arto Palin, Viiala, FI;

Jukka Pekka Reunamaki, Tampere, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/0406 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04W 4/50 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for tethering over a wireless communication channel is provided. According an example embodiment, the technique comprises exchanging, over a secondary communication channel between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, control information related to a tethering connection provided over a primary communication channel between the first and second mobile devices, and initiating, by the first mobile device, establishment, activation or reactivation of said primary communication channel in response to receiving, via said secondary communication channel, a request to access a resource in a remote network over said tethering connection using a mobile access point functionality provided by the first mobile device. The technique may further comprise the first mobile device initiating downloading of said resource to a local proxy in response to receiving the request to access the resource, thereby downloading at least part of said resource to the local proxy before completion of the establishment, activation or reactivation of the primary communication channel.


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