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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:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2021
Applicant:

Zte Corporation, Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Xiaojuan Shi, Guangdong, CN;

He Huang, Guangdong, CN;

Jianwu Dou, Guangdong, CN;

Nan Zhang, Guangdong, CN;

Li Yang, Guangdong, CN;

Wei Cao, Guangdong, CN;

Assignee:

ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 8/28 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 8/28 (2013.01); H04W 36/0033 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for handling UE associated information in non-terrestrial networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method performed by a satellite head station, includes: translating a first uplink (UL) tunnel address associated with a core network to a second UL tunnel address associated with the satellite head station, wherein the first and second UL tunnel addresses are each associated with a packet data unit (PDU) session established between the core network and a user equipment device (UE); transmitting the second UL tunnel address to a first satellite base station; and receiving UL data associated with the PDU session from the first satellite base station, wherein a UL tunnel address destination associated with the received UL data is set as the second UL tunnel address.


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