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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. 28, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Athanasios Karapantelakis, Solna, SE;

Ioannis Fikouras, Stockholm, SE;

Rafia Inam, Västerås, SE;

Qiang Li, Täby, SE;

Leonid Mokrushin, Uppsala, SE;

Maxim Teslenko, Sollentuna, SE;

Konstantinos Vandikas, Solna, SE;

Aneta Vulgarakis Feljan, Stockholm, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/71 (2021.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 8/04 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02);
Abstract

Methods and devices enable connecting devices to cellular networks using the devices' hardware identifiers. Subscriber records include a hardware identifier assigned when the devices are manufactured. A target hardware identifier included in an attachment request is associated with an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, IMSI, available to the cellular network if, according to subscriber records, the device is registered.


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