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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Horst Thomas Belling, Munich, DE;
Bruno Landais, Lannion, FR;
Assignee:
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a network apparatus configured to receive from a core network function a request to discover at least one access network node serving a user equipment, the request comprising a first user equipment identifier for identifying the user equipment in a core network; and use the user equipment identifier to provide to the core network function a second user equipment identifier identifying the user equipment in the access network, and at least one access network node identifier identifying at least one access network node in the access network that serves the user equipment.