US 12,726,877 B2 · Support of user plane transactions over a mobile network

Abstract

In an embodiment, there is provided an architecture for the support of user plane transactions over a mobile network between an User Equipment UE and an IP network, the mobile network comprising at least one node, referred to as control plane node, supporting control plane transactions between the UE and the mobile network over control plane bearer, the architecture includes the UE and the control plane node adapted to support user plane transactions over the mobile network between the UE and the control plane node, over control plane bearer, the control plane node adapted to support user plane transactions over the mobile network between the control plane node and the IP network without need of user plane bearer in the mobile network, the control plane node interfacing, with or without IP tunneling, with a gateway function interfacing with the IP network.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
determine that user plane data is to be transmitted;
and
encapsulate the user plane data in a non access stratum signaling message based on the determination that user plane data is to be transmitted, and further based on an active signaling bearer between the apparatus and a mobility management entity, said non access stratum signaling message having, in a non access stratum signaling protocol, a message type indicating a transmission of the user plane data over a control plane.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/441,418Filed 14 Feb 2024 · continuation

Priority

EP 1129054428 Nov 2011

Published

US 2024/0306069 A112 Sep 2024

Granted

1 Sep 2026

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H04W 40/02
Communication routing or communication path finding: communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
H04W 4/70
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or…
H04W 76/12
Connection setup: setup of transport tunnels
H04W 80/04
Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation: network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Family

Application14/360,993Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Nov 2012

PCT/EP2012/073517Parent of this continuation · filed 26 Nov 2012

US 2024/0306069 A1Pre-grant publication · published 12 Sep 2024

US 11,910,292 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2014/0334418 A1Published application

US 12,726,877 B2This patent

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Support of user plane transactions over a mobile network

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Abstract

Claims10