# US 2021/0345136 A1 · Telecommunication networks

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- Number: US 2021/0345136 A1
- Document ID: US20210345136A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/373,189
- Filed: 2021-07-12
- Published: 2021-11-04
- Earliest claimed: 2011-06-24
- Assignees: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
- Applicants: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
- Inventors: Dave Fox; Gavin Wong; Peter Cosimini; Christopher Pudney; Anthony Sammut; Assen Mahaboon Khan Golaup; John Moughton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210345136A1

## CPC

- H04W 36/0033: {with transfer of context information}
- H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition
- H04W 40/24: Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update
- H04L 45/00: Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks (routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00)
- H04W 8/082: {for traffic bypassing of mobility servers, e.g. location registers, home PLMNs or home agents}
- H04W 28/10: Flow control {between communication endpoints}
- H04W 36/125: {involving different types of service backbones}
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes control means 700 operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The control means processes control plane signalling.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile telecommunications network comprising: a network core; a radio access network having radio means for wireless communication with terminals registered with the network, the radio access network comprising: control means operable to control the use of network resources by said terminals; and a gateway with which a plurality of the control means are registerable and which is operable to configure the control means registered therewith.