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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
Applicant:
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Arturo Maria, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6334 (2011.01); H04N 21/4405 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04L 9/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/63345 (2013.01); H04L 9/0637 (2013.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/4405 (2013.01); H04N 21/6131 (2013.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a user device that attaches to a radio access network of a mobile network and requests services. The user device creates a virtual network function on the device to support the service. The virtual network function may include a user plane virtual network function, a control plane virtual network function, or both. Other embodiments are disclosed.