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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Applicant:
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Hong King, HK;
Inventors:
Xiao Dong Wang, Ma on Shan, HK;
Zhicheng Luo, Guangdong, CN;
Wai Lok Wong, Fo Tan, HK;
Xue Feng, Guangdong, CN;
Liang Dong, Tseung Kwan O, HK;
Shijun Fan, Fanling, HK;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a method of setting up a direct connection between edge sites on a 5G communications network. The method comprises: configuring 5G network functions (NFs) in the 5G communications network; configuring 5G NFs at the edge sites, if not already configured; and based on said configured NFs, setting up a direct tunnel between the edge sites according to a pre-defined tunnel policy.