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US 10,313,323 B2Granted
User equipment identity valid for heterogeneous networks
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsMika Forssell, Jari Pekka Mustajarvi, Hans Thomas Hoehne, Subramanya Chandrashekar, Gyorgy Tamas Wolfner
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Abstract
A method and apparatus may be configured to determine a network identity that is valid for the first network and a second network. The method may also include assigning the network identity to a user equipment. The method may also providing the network identity to one of the second network and a user equipment. The first network and the second network may be based on different technologies.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a network node of a first network, a network identity that is valid for the first network and a second network;
- assigning the network identity to a user equipment, wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading;
- and
- providing the network identity to at least one node of the second network and the user equipment, wherein the first network and the second network are based on different technologies.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor,
- and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code,
- the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- determine a network identity that is valid for a first network and a second network;
- assign the network identity to a user equipment;
- wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading;
- and
- provide the network identity to at least one node of the second network and the user equipment, wherein the first network and the second network are based on different technologies.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a user equipment, an assigned network identity, wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading, wherein the network identity originates from a first network and is valid for the first network and a second network, and the first network and the second network are based on different technologies;
- and providing, by the user equipment, the network identity to the second network.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor,
- and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code,
- the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- receive an assigned network identity, wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading, wherein the network identity originates from a first network and is valid for the first network and a second network and the first network and the second network are based on different technologies;
- and provide the network identity to the second network.
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A computer program product, embodied on a non- transitory computer readable medium, the computer program product configured to control a processor to perform a process comprising:
- receiving, by a user equipment, an assigned network identity, wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading, wherein the network identity originates from a first network and is valid for the first network and a second network, and the first network and the second network are based on different technologies;
- and providing, by the user equipment, the network identity to the second network.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a network node, a network identity, wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading, wherein a user equipment is associated with a first network, and the network node corresponds to a node of a second network, the network identity is valid for the first network and the second network, and the first network and the second network are based on different technologies.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor,
- and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code,
- the at least one non-transitory memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- receive a network identity, wherein the network identity is configured to identify the network identity as corresponding to a temporary offload identifier for authorizing offloading, wherein a user equipment is associated with a first network, and the apparatus corresponds to a node of a second network, the network identity is valid for the first network and the second network, and the first network and the second network are based on different technologies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.