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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. 23, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2018
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Stefan Rommer, Västra Frölunda, SE;

Qian Chen, Mölndal, SE;

Patrik Dannebro, Hisings Kärra, SE;

Åsa Larsen, Hisings Backa, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/12 (2009.01); H04W 76/36 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 88/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/36 (2018.02); H04W 88/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method and access management entity for selecting a session management (SM) entity for serving a wireless communication device (WCD) in a core network that comprises an access management entity serving the WCD and an anchor SM entity that controls a first user plane entity that handles a data session associated with the WCD in a first domain, and a second SM entity for controlling a second user plane entity in a second domain of the core network. The method is performed by the access management entity and comprises selecting—based on WCD information and SM domain information—the second SM entity as an additional intermediate SM entity to control a user plane entity in the second domain for handling the data session in the second domain; requesting the second SM entity to act as the additional intermediate SM; and receiving a session response message.


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