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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:
Nov. 12, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2021
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Ming Shan Kwok, Seattle, WA (US);

Hsin Fu Henry Chiang, Bellevue, WA (US);

Wafik Abdel Shahid, Kenmore, WA (US);

Boris Antsev, Bothell, WA (US);

Suresh Thanneeru, Bothell, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/08 (2023.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0967 (2020.05); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/0933 (2020.05); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Solutions for access traffic steering, switching, and splitting (ATSSS) include: receiving, from a user equipment (UE), channel performance information for: a first channel passing from the UE, through a radio access network (RAN) and a packet routing node, to an external remote node, a second channel passing from the UE, through a local wireless node, a routing node, and the packet routing node, to the external remote node, and a third channel passing from the UE, through the local wireless node and an external computer network, to the external remote node; based on at least the channel performance information, selecting an initial channel from among the first channel, the second channel, and the third channel; and instructing the UE to steer a protocol data unit (PDU) session between the UE and the external remote node to at least the initial channel.


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