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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Robert Keith Butler, Overland Park, KS (US);
Brian David Waters, Angel Fire, NM (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network hands-in inbound User Equipment (UE) from a source communication network to a non-Third Partnership Project (non-3GPP) access node. In the wireless communication network, a Network Exposure Function (NEF) receives inbound UE context from the source communication network. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) detects when the inbound UE attaches to the non-3GPP access node to hand-in from the source communication network and responsively transfers a UE context request for the inbound UE to the NEF. The NEF transfers the inbound UE context to the AMF in response to the UE context request. The AMF transfers network signaling to one or more network functions to serve the inbound UE based on the inbound UE context.