Simplified carrier migration using alias access point identification
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorJames Mathison
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Abstract
A network receives a connection request, from a wireless device, that includes a first Access Point Name (APN) that is invalid in a first wireless carrier network. The network device translates the first APN to a second APN that is valid in the first wireless carrier network. The network device uses the second APN in signaling associated with a connection between the wireless device and the first wireless carrier network.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a network device associated with a first wireless carrier network from a wireless device, a connection request that includes a first Access Point Name (APN) that is invalid in the first wireless carrier network, wherein the connection request originated from a wireless device;
- translating, by the network device, the first APN to a second APN that is valid in the first wireless carrier network;
- and
- using, by the network device, the second APN in signaling associated with a connection between the wireless device and the first wireless carrier network.
A network device, comprising:
- a communication interface configured to receive, via a first wireless carrier network from a wireless device, a connection request that includes a first Access Point Name (APN) that is invalid in the first wireless carrier network;
- and
- a processor or logic configured to:
- translate the first APN to a second APN that is valid in the first wireless carrier network;
- and
- use the second APN in signaling associated with a connection between the wireless device and the first wireless carrier network.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by a network device, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to cause the network device to:
- receive a connection request, from a wireless device, that includes a first Access Point Name (APN) that is invalid in a first wireless carrier network;
- translate the first APN to a second APN that is valid in the first wireless carrier network;
- and
- use the second APN in signaling associated with a connection between the wireless device and the first wireless carrier network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.