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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2023
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Marouane Balmakhtar, Fairfax, VA (US);
Serge Manning, Plano, TX (US);
T-Mobile Innovations LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method to trigger, by a RAN, a secure edge (SE) connection service over the RAN between a known user equipment (UE) and an SE application server is disclosed. The method comprises the RAN enabling an SE connection service. Responsive to the UE's registration request, the RAN registers the UE and loads associated user subscription data into a session manager (SM). Based on this data, an SE connection is configured within the RAN, and the SM establishes a PDU session between the UE and the SM by establishing a secure path between the UE and the SE application server over the configured SE connection between the UE and the RAN. The SM informs the UE of a resolver. After PDU session establishment, the resolver receives a resolution request from the UE and responds by sending an IP address directing the UE over the secure path to the SE application server.