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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2014
Applicants:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Cheng P. Liu, Duluth, GA (US);

Kurt Huber, Coral Springs, FL (US);

Alireza Faryar, Fair Haven, NJ (US);

Sangar Dowlatkhah, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Assignees:

AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);

AT&T MOBILITY II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 4/26 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/26 (2013.01); H04W 28/0226 (2013.01); H04W 28/0268 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 56/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Service continuity is provided when a user equipment (UE), employing local breakout mechanisms at a femto access point (FAP) for a communication session, moves out of the femto coverage area. In particular, a network change detection component can be employed to detect when the UE, attached to the FAP, changes its connection from the femto network to the macro network. Further, an active communication session can exist between the UE and a device/service/application on a local Area network (LAN) connected to a FAP, and/or the Internet, which utilizes local breakout at the FAP. When the UE moves out of the femto network, a context management component can be employed to seamlessly resume the communication session, via the macro network.


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