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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:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Shivakumar Nithiyanantham, Bangalore, IN;

Mukesh Yadav, Bangalore, IN;

Navneet Priya, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/17 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques that provide optimal packet data network gateway selection upon initial attachment of a upon an initial user equipment (UE) attachment via a WiFi Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG) are described herein. In at least one embodiment, a method may include determining, by an ePDG, whether a UE is capable to connect to at least one of a 5G standalone mobile core network and a 5G non-standalone mobile core network; determining, by the ePDG, whether the UE is subscribed to connect to at least one of the 5G standalone mobile core network and the 5G non-standalone mobile core network; and selecting, by the ePDG, a packet data network gateway to support the UE connection based, at least in part, on determining that the UE is capable and is subscribed to connect to at least one of the 5G standalone mobile core network and the 5G non-standalone mobile core network.


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