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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:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Maria Cuevas Ramirez, London, GB;

Ruth Brown, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 8/12 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 36/0011 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure relates to a method of operating a management node in a cellular telecommunications network, the cellular telecommunications network further including a User Equipment (UE) and a first and second base station, wherein the UE is connected to the first base station by a first connection and to the second base station by a second connection, and the first and second connection relate to a first and second subscription, respectively, the method including detecting a first home network identifier of the first connection; detecting a first network operator identifier of the first base station; determining that a first home network identifier of the first connection is different to the first network operator identifier of the first base station; determining a preferred partner network associated with the first home network identifier; and initiating a transfer of the first connection to the preferred partner network.


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