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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:
Apr. 01, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jayshree A. Bharatia, Plano, TX (US);

Amir Saghir, Frisco, TX (US);

Ali Imdad Malik, East Brunswick, NJ (US);

Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 80/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device may include a processor configured to maintain a plurality of session management entities (SMEs) for a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN). The processor may be further configured to establish a communication session using a first SME, of the plurality of SMEs; store session data for the communication session in a communication session database accessible by each of the plurality of SMEs; receive, using a second SME of the plurality of SMEs, a message associated with the communication session; retrieve, using the second SME, session data for the communication session from the communication session database, based on receiving the message; and process, using the second SME, the message using the retrieved session data.


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