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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2023
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Romil Kumar Sood, Bothell, WA (US);
Kunal Prakash Barawkar, Bothell, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
To facilitate a handover of mobile devices from 5Generation New Radio (5G) networks to 4Generation (4G) networks, an accessibility and mobility management function (AMF) of the 5G network core inactivates a data session in which the mobile device is assigned an Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address when the mobile device is to be assigned an IP version 4 (IPv4) address in the 4G network. The AMF generates a modified context of the mobile device that omits the IPv6 address of the device. The inactivation of the IPv6 session causes the mobile device to initiate a new data session with the 4G core network, in which the device will be assigned an IPv4 address for use on the 4G network. The modified context is used by the 4G network to configure communications for the mobile device without interrupting network service to the mobile device.