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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2009
Lei Zhu, Overland Park, KS (US);
Terry Daniel Nebergall, Gardner, KS (US);
Chidambaram Pavanasam, Overland Park, KS (US);
Daniel J. Pope, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jack Branson Sippel, Ii, Overland Park, KS (US);
John Eric Belser, Olathe, KS (US);
Joao Carlos Osorio Gouvea Teixeira DE Magalhaes, Shawnee, KS (US);
Jeffrey Scott Ward, Kansas City, MO (US);
Sameer Akbar Khan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Lei Zhu, Overland Park, KS (US);
Terry Daniel Nebergall, Gardner, KS (US);
Chidambaram Pavanasam, Overland Park, KS (US);
Daniel J. Pope, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jack Branson Sippel, II, Overland Park, KS (US);
John Eric Belser, Olathe, KS (US);
Joao Carlos Osorio Gouvea Teixeira de Magalhaes, Shawnee, KS (US);
Jeffrey Scott Ward, Kansas City, MO (US);
Sameer Akbar Khan, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless network of a first type receives a request for network entry from a mobile station. A service continuity query is sent to a service node. A service continuity response is received from the service node. The service continuity response includes a network access identifier. The network access identifier is determined to be associated with an existing session on a wireless network of a second type. The existing session is using a mobile internet protocol address. On the wireless network of the first type, a session is assigned the mobile internet protocol address.