US 11,057,828 B2Granted

Method for establishing a communication connection of a communication terminal via a communication network

AssigneeDeutsche Telekom AG

InventorKurt Bischinger

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Abstract

A method for establishing a communication connection of a communication terminal via a communication network includes receiving an identification of the communication terminal by a first identification entity of a first subnetwork, wherein the identification of the communication terminal identifies the communication terminal. The method further includes identifying the communication terminal by the first identification entity on a basis of the identification of the communication terminal, assigning a subnetwork to the communication terminal by a management entity on a basis of an assignment of a subnetwork identifier to the communication terminal, and establishing a communication connection via the first subnetwork if the subnetwork identifier assigned to the identification of the communication terminal corresponds to the first subnetwork or establishing a communication connection of the communication terminal via the second subnetwork if the subnetwork identifier assigned to the identification and the subnetwork identifier of the first subnetwork are different.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A method for establishing a communication connection of a communication terminal via a communication network, wherein the communication network has a plurality of subnetworks including a first subnetwork and a second subnetwork, wherein a first identification entity is arranged in the first subnetwork and a second identification entity is arranged in the second subnetwork for identifying the communication terminal, wherein a respective subnetwork identifier is assigned to each of the first subnetwork and the second subnetwork, and wherein a management entity is arranged in the communication network and is configured to manage an assignment of the communication terminal to the first subnetwork or the second subnetwork, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first identification entity of the first subnetwork, an identification of the communication terminal, wherein the identification of the communication terminal identifies the communication terminal;
identifying, by the first identification entity, the communication terminal based on the identification of the communication terminal;
transmitting, by the first identification entity, the identification of the communication terminal and a first subnetwork identifier of the first subnetwork to the management entity;
assigning, by the management entity, a subnetwork to the communication terminal based on an assignment of a subnetwork identifier to the communication terminal, wherein the assignment of the subnetwork identifier to the communication terminal is based on at least one of:
an assignment of a communication service of the communication terminal to the subnetwork, an assignment of a software application of the communication terminal to the subnetwork, or an assignment of an operating system of the communication terminal to the subnetwork;
and
establishing a communication connection of the communication terminal via the assigned subnetwork.

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A system, comprising:

a communication terminal;
and
a communication network comprising, a plurality of subnetworks having a first subnetwork and a second subnetwork, wherein a first identification entity is arranged in the first subnetwork and a second identification entity is arranged in the second subnetwork for identifying the communication terminal, wherein a respective subnetwork identifier is assigned to each of the first subnetwork and the second subnetwork of the communication network, wherein a management entity is arranged in the communication network and is configured to manage an assignment of the communication terminal to the first subnetwork or the second network;
wherein the communication terminal is configured to transmit an identification of the communication terminal to the first identification entity of the first subnetwork;
wherein the first identification entity of the first subnetwork is configured to:
receive the identification of the communication terminal, wherein the identification of the communication terminal identifies the communication terminal;
identify the communication terminal based on the identification of the communication terminal;
transmit the identification of the communication terminal and a first subnetwork identifier of the first subnetwork to the management entity;
wherein the management entity is configured to assign a subnetwork to the communication terminal based on an assignment of a subnetwork identifier to the communication terminal, wherein the assignment of the subnetwork identifier to the communication terminal is based on at least one of:
an assignment of a communication service of the communication terminal to the subnetwork, an assignment of a software application of the communication terminal to the subnetwork, or an assignment of an operating system of the communication terminal to the subnetwork;
and
wherein the communication interface is configured to receive, via the first subnetwork, the subnetwork identifier of the subnetwork assigned to the communication terminal;
and
wherein the communication terminal is configured to establish a communication connection via the assigned network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/066,309Filed 23 Dec 2016
Priority: DE 10 2015 122 980.330 Dec 2015
Published: US 2020/0314924 A11 Oct 2020
Granted: 6 Jul 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H04W 48/18
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: selecting a network or a communication service
H04W 12/069
Authentication: using certificates or pre-shared keys
H04W 76/11
Connection setup: allocation or use of connection identifiers
H04W 8/08
Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of…:…