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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Sprint Communications Company, L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Jeremy R. Breau, Leawood, KS (US);
John H. Bennett, III, Lawrence, KS (US);
Terry D. Nebergall, Olathe, KS (US);
Frederick C. Rogers, Olathe, KS (US);
Joseph Christopher Shojayi, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for assigning unique network identifiers in a packet-switched wireless network are provided. A request for a unique network identifier for a wireless device is received. A socket-based unique network identifier, including an IP address and one or more ports, is assigned to the wireless device. The unique network identifier is created by combining an IP address and one or more ports. This allows multiple unique network identifiers to be created from a single IP address, where each unique network identifier consists of the same IP address combined with a different group of one or more ports.