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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Brian David Waters, Angel Fire, NM (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
In a wireless communication network, a Domain Name System (DNS) receives an Access Point Identifier (AP ID) for an access point that serves a User Equipment (UE). The DNS converts the AP ID into an Access Gateway Identifier (AGW ID) that comprises a location identifier. The DNS selects an External Gateway Identifier (EGW ID) that comprises the location identifier. The access gateway receives control signals having the AGW ID and exchanges user data between the access point and the external gateway to serve the UE. The co-located external gateway receives additional control signals having the EGW ID and exchanges the user data between the access gateway and an external system to serve the UE.