Method and Apparatus for Providing Gateway Relocation
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsKalle I. Ahmavaara, Georgios Tsirtsis
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for providing gateway relocation to an external network wherein a user equipment (UE) includes an initial external network connection via a source core node, comprises initializing a mobility event, reallocating the initial external network connection from via the source core node to via a target core node to create a new external network connection, allocating the new IP address to the UE for the new external network connection, and using the new IP address.
Claims108
A method for providing gateway relocation to an external network wherein a user equipment (UE) includes at least one initial external network connection via a source core node, comprising:
- initializing a mobility event;
- reallocating the at least one initial external network connection from via the source core node to via a first target core node to create at least one new external network connection;
- allocating at least one new IP address to the UE for the at least one new external network connection;
- and
- using the at least one new IP address.
An apparatus for providing gateway relocation to an external network wherein a user equipment (UE) includes at least one initial external network connection via a source core node, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory containing program code executable by the at least one processor for performing the following:
- initializing a mobility event;
- reallocating the at least one initial external network connection from via the source core node to via a first target core node to create at least one new external network connection;
- allocating at least one new IP address to the UE for the at least one new external network connection;
- and
- using the at least one new IP address.
A apparatus for providing gateway relocation to an external network wherein a user equipment (UE) includes at least one initial external network connection via a source core node, comprising:
- means for initializing a mobility event;
- means for reallocating the at least one initial external network connection from via the source core node to via a first target core node to create at least one new external network connection;
- means for allocating at least one new IP address to the UE for the at least one new external network connection;
- and
- means for using the at least one new IP address.
A computer-readable medium for providing gateway relocation to an external network wherein a user equipment (UE) includes at least one initial external network connection via a source core node, the computer-readable medium including program code thereon, which when executed by at least one computer implement a method comprising:
- program code for initializing a mobility event;
- program code for reallocating the at least one initial external network connection from via the source core node to via a first target core node to create at least one new external network connection;
- program code for allocating at least one new IP address to the UE for the at least one new external network connection;
- and
- program code for using the at least one new IP address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.