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US 11,057,810 B2Granted
Packet data network gateway handoff
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsSagiv Draznin, Lalit R. Kotecha, Patricia R. Chang, Deepak Kakadia, Arda Aksu
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Abstract
A device may determine that a user device, connected to a first packet data network gateway (PGW) associated with a first area, is located in a second area associated with a second PGW. The first PGW may be associated with a provider network. The second PGW may be associated with the provider network. The user device may not be connected to the second PGW. The device may cause the user device to be disconnected from the first PGW and connected to the second PGW. The user device may remain connected to the provider network when disconnecting from the first PGW and connecting to the second PGW.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a device, that a user device associated with a first location is located in a second location,
- the first location being associated with an initial packet data network gateway (PGW) of a provider network,
- the second location being associated with a target PGW of the provider network;
- determining, by the device, that the user device moved from being located at the first location to being located at the second location that is at least a threshold distance from the first location;
- wherein the user device is located at the second location for a threshold amount of time;
- determining, by the device and based on determining that the user device is located at the second location for the threshold amount of time, that the user device is to be handed off from a first connection with the initial PGW to a second connection with the target PGW;
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- causing, by the device, one or more bearers associated with the first connection to be dropped and one or more bearers associated with the second connection to be established, based on determining that the user device moved from being located at the first location to being located at the second location that is at least at the threshold distance from the first location and for the threshold amount of time,
- the user device remaining connected to the provider network when disconnecting from the initial PGW and connecting to the target PGW,
- the target PGW being established without an initial startup,
- the first connection being dropped and the second connection being established after the user device finishing streaming network traffic via the initial PGW, and
- the first connection being dropped and the second connection being established prior to finishing the streaming of the network traffic via the initial PGW based on a threshold reduction in network performance.
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A device, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
- determine that a user device, connected to a first network device associated with a first location, is located in a second location associated with a second network device,
- the first network device being associated with a provider network,
- the second network device being associated with the provider network,
- the user device not being connected to the second network device;
- determine that the user device moved from being located at the first location to being located at the second location that is at least a threshold distance from the first location,
- wherein the user device is located at the second location for a threshold amount of time;
- and
- cause the user device to be disconnected from the first network device and connected to the second network device based on determining that the user device moved from being located at the first location to being located at the second location that is at least at the threshold distance from the first location and for the threshold amount of time,
- the user device remaining connected to the provider network when disconnecting from the first network device and connecting to the second network device,
- the second network device being established without an initial startup,
- the user device being disconnected from the first network device and connected to the second network device after the user device has finished streaming network traffic via the first network device, and
- the user device being disconnected from the first network device and connected to the second network device prior to finishing the streaming of the network traffic via the first network device based on a threshold reduction in network performance.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine that a user device, connected to a first packet data network gateway (PGW) associated with a first location, is located in a second location associated with a second PGW,
- the user device not being connected to the second PGW;
- determine that the user device moved from being located at the first location to being located at the second location that is at least a threshold distance from the first location;
- determine that the user device is located in the second location for a threshold amount of time,
- wherein the user device is located at the second location for the threshold amount of time;
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- cause the user device to be disconnected from the first PGW and connected to the second PGW based on determining that the user device moved from being located at the first location to being located at the second location that is at least at the threshold distance from the first location and for the threshold amount of time,
- the user device being disconnected from the first PGW and connected to the second PGW without being disconnected from a provider network,
- the second PGW being established without an initial startup,
- the user device being disconnected from the first PGW and connected to the second PGW after the user device has finished streaming network traffic via the first PGW, and
- the user device being disconnected from the first PGW and connected to the second PGW prior to finishing the streaming of the network traffic via the first PGW based on a threshold reduction in network performance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.