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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:
Sep. 19, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Minho Song, Ashburn, VA (US);

Sanghoon Sung, Ashburn, VA (US);

Hung Bui, Arcola, VA (US);

Don Nguyen, Grand Prairie, TX (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 8/186 (2013.01); H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for a base station (BS) configured for sharing among a plurality of public land mobile networks (PLMNs), and for providing open radio access and/or closed subscriber group (CSG) radio access for user equipment devices (UEs) served. The BS may make a determination of which PLMNs have enabled CSG and which have not, and may transmit a request to a core network of each PLMN to set up an interface connection with each. Based on the determination, the request may either include information for configuring CSG radio access, or information for configuring only open radio access. For each PLMN having CSG enabled, the interface connection may be established for CSG radio access for UEs associated with PLMNs having CSG enabled. For each PLMN not having CSG enabled, the interface connection may be established for only open radio access for UEs associated with PLMNs without CSG enabled.


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