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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2024
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventor:
James Mathison, Greer, SC (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 61/2517 (2022.01); H04L 61/256 (2022.01); H04L 61/2592 (2022.01); H04L 61/5053 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/256 (2013.01); H04L 61/2517 (2013.01); H04L 61/2592 (2013.01); H04L 61/5053 (2022.05);
Abstract
Systems and methods described herein use a variable 2MSL timer (also referred to herein as a 'port reuse timer') for a core network/gateway. A network device in a core network detects closing of a session that uses a port designated for Network Address Translation (NAT), monitors an overall NAT port utilization level, and manages release timing for the port based on the overall port utilization level.