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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Boost Subscriberco L.l.c., Englewood, CO (US);
Jinsook Ryu, Oakton, VA (US);
Kazi Bashir, Lewisville, TX (US);
Mehdi Alasti, Arlington, VA (US);
Siddhartha Chenumolu, Ashburn, VA (US);
Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
Various arrangements for obtaining a cellular network address are presented herein. A request can be received from a network function residing outside of a cellular network core. The request can indicate an external Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with a piece of user equipment (UE). A network exposure function (NEF) of the cellular network core can route the request to a user plane function (UPF) of the cellular network core. The UPF can determine a cellular network address for the UE that corresponds to the external IP address. The NEF can transmit an indication of the determined cellular network address to the network function.