# US 2024/0205994 A1 · 5G Mobile Network With Intelligent 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Radio Access Network (RAN) > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0205994 A1 - Document ID: US20240205994A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/493,341 - Filed: 2023-10-24 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-12 - Assignees: Parallel Wireless, Inc. - Applicants: Parallel Wireless, Inc. - Inventors: Kartik Shashikant Raval; Amit Ghadge; Pratik Vinod Mehta; Rishabh Puri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240205994A1 ## CPC - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 36/0066: {of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network} - H04W 36/00692: {using simultaneous multiple data streams, e.g. cooperative multipoint [CoMP], carrier aggregation [CA] or multiple input multiple output [MIMO] (allocation of physical resources in CoMP or in CA H04L5/0035)} - H04W 48/18: Selecting a network or a communication service - H04W 84/045: {using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B} - H04W 92/02: Inter-networking arrangements - H04W 36/142: {over the same radio air interface technology} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Systems, methods and computer software are disclosed for providing for providing a 5G mobile network. In one embodiment a method is disclosed, comprising: providing a first base station having a first coverage area for a first Radio Access Network (RAN); providing a second base station having a second coverage area, the second coverage area within the first coverage area of the first base station for an overlay RAN; providing a 5G base station having a third coverage area, the third coverage area within the first coverage area and within the second coverage area and part of the overlay RAN; and determining, by a 5G Interworking Function (IWF) device, which subscribers are to be serviced by the overlay RAN and which subscribers are to be serviced by the first RAN. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing a 5G mobile network, comprising: providing a first base station having a first coverage area for a first Radio Access Network (RAN); providing a second base station having a second coverage area, the second coverage area within the first coverage area of the first base station for an overlay RAN; providing a 5G base station having a third coverage area, the third coverage area within the first coverage area and within the second coverage area and part of the overlay RAN; and determining, by a 5G Interworking Function (IWF) device, which subscribers are to be serviced by the overlay RAN and which subscribers are to be serviced by the first RAN. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising acting, by the 5G IWF, as a standard multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) dual connectivity capable e NodeB towards an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising acting, by the 5G IWF, as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) towards the overlay RAN. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising handing over coverage of a 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) User Equipment (UE) to an incumbent RAN when the 5G NSA UE moves out of coverage of the overlay RAN. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) User Equipment (UE) capable devices are 5G NSA subscription authorized. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5 further comprising redirecting, by the 5G IWF, User Equipments (UEs) that are not 5G NSA subscription authorized to the incumbent RAN. ### Claim 7 A system for providing a 5G mobile network, comprising: a first base station having a first coverage area for a first Radio Access Network (RAN); a second base station having a second coverage area, the second coverage area within the first coverage area of the first base station for an overlay RAN; a 5G base station having a third coverage area, the third coverage area within the first coverage area and within the second coverage area and part of the overlay RAN; and a 5G Interworking Function (IWF) device; wherein the IWF determines which subscribers are to be serviced by the overlay RAN and which subscribers are to be serviced by the first RAN. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the 5G IWF acts as a standard multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) dual connectivity capable e NodeB towards an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the 5G IWF acts as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) towards the overlay RAN. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein the 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) User Equipment (UE) over hands over coverage to an incumbent RAN when the 5G NSA UE moves out of coverage of the overlay RAN. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7 wherein 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) User Equipment (UE) capable devices are 5G NSA subscription authorized. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11 wherein the 5G IWF redirects User Equipments (UEs) that are not 5G NSA subscription authorized to the incumbent RAN. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions for providing a 5G mobile network which, when executed, cause a system to perform steps comprising: providing a first base station having a first coverage area for a first Radio Access Network (RAN); providing a second base station having a second coverage area, the second coverage area within the first coverage area of the first base station for an overlay RAN; providing a 5G base station having a third coverage area, the third coverage area within the first coverage area and within the second coverage area and part of the overlay RAN; and determining, by a 5G Interworking Function (IWF) device, which subscribers are to be serviced by the overlay RAN and which subscribers are to be serviced by the first RAN. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising instructions for acting, by the 5G IWF, as a standard multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) dual connectivity capable e NodeB towards an Evolved Packet Core (EPC). ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising instructions for acting, by the 5G IWF, as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) towards the overlay RAN. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising instructions for handing over coverage of a 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) User Equipment (UE) to an incumbent RAN when the 5G NSA UE moves out of coverage of the overlay RAN. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13 further comprising instructions wherein 5G Non-Stand Alone (NSA) User Equipment (UE) capable devices are 5G NSA subscription authorized. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer-readable medium of claim 17 further comprising instructions for redirecting, by the 5G IWF, User Equipments (UEs) that are not 5G NSA subscription authorized to the incumbent RAN.