The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Ipcom Gmbh & Co. KG, Pullach, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Hans, Bad Salzdetfurth, DE;
Assignee:
IPCom GmbH & Co. KG, Pullach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 36/00226 (2023.05); H04W 36/142 (2023.05); H04W 36/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for a user equipment, UE, device to hand over a connection to a first data network from a first access network of a first mobile communications network to a second access network of a second mobile communications network, in which a communication tunnel is established in the first communications network to a non-3GPP interworking function and after the handover to the second mobile communications network, the second network establishes a connection to that N3IWF.