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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. 17, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Afshin Abtin, Sollentuna, SE;

Mats Buchmayer, Enskede Gard, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/12 (2009.01); H04L 65/1073 (2022.01); H04L 65/1095 (2022.01); H04W 8/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1073 (2013.01); H04L 65/1095 (2022.05); H04W 8/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method performed by a first node () managing a P-CSCF in a first communications network (). The method is for handling identification of a second communications network (). One of the communications networks is a home network and the other is a visited network. The first node () obtains () a unique identifier uniquely identifying the second communications network () in a plurality of networks () sharing a Mobile Network identifier. The unique identifier is based on: a) an MCC and an MNC, corresponding to a shared PLMN identifier, and b) a subscriber identifier corresponding to the second network (). The first node () also processes () provision of an IMS service across the communications networks, to a device () operating in the visited network, based on the identifier. The processing () comprises, in the home network, one of: i) application of a policy or rule, and ii) routing a communication to a S-CSCF.Publ.


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