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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 31, 2024
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Bashir A. Haswarey, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Mohammad Abu-Samra, Orland Park, IL (US);
Neelam Tripathi, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael S. Irizarry, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method, carried out by a mobile network operator (MNO) core component, is described for supporting connection signaling between a user equipment and core network components of a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The method includes receiving an update location answer (ULA) message that specifies a leased IMSI value of the user equipment. The MNO core component determines that the leased IMSI value of the user equipment falls within a range of the IMSI block allocated to the MVNO. The MNO core component generates a modified ULA including a changed access point name (APN). The modified ULA is forwarded to a mobility management entity (MME) component that uses the modified ULA to generate a create session request (CSR) message, and the changed APN of the modified ULA causes the MME component to send the CSR message to a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) proxy of the primary MNO.