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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. 07, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2023
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

Tarun Chaki, Morganville, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2521 (2022.01); H04L 101/663 (2022.01); H04W 8/10 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2521 (2013.01); H04W 8/10 (2013.01); H04L 2101/663 (2022.05); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first message to a base station, via a network address translation (NAT) gateway. The NAT gateway generates a first entry in a NAT table stored in the NAT gateway in response to receiving the first message. The first entry associates the base station with the network device. Further embodiments can include receiving a second message, via the NAT gateway, from the base station. The NAT gateway receives the second message from the base station. The NAT gateway transmits the second message to the network device based on the first entry. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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