Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Session continuity between software-defined network-controlled and non-software-defined network-controlled wireless networks
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Application No.: US15370936Application Date: 2016-12-06
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Publication No.: US10375744B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Zhi Cui , Paul Edward Smith, Jr. , Sangar Dowlatkhah
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W76/12 ; H04W36/14

Abstract:
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to session continuity between software-defined network (“SDN”) controlled and non-SDN controlled wireless networks. In one embodiment, an SDN controller can determine that a handover of a user equipment (“UE”) from a base station operating under control of the SDN-controlled network to a further base station operating under control of a non-SDN-controlled network has occurred. The SDN controller can establish over an interface between the SDN controller and a packet gateway (“P-GW”), a tunnel through which to exchange handover data associated with the handover and a session IP address for a session in which the UE is involved. The SDN controller can provide, over the interface and through the tunnel, the handover data and the session IP address to the P-GW.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180160354A1 Session Continuity Between SDN-Controlled and Non-SDN-Controlled Wireless Networks Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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