Data communications over a wireless communication network slice
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsMarouane Balmakhtar, Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Robert Keith Butler
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AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorsMarouane Balmakhtar, Lyle Walter Paczkowski, Robert Keith Butler
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A data communication system serves a wireless communication device over a Non Third Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) network slice. The data communication system receives a request for the non-3GPP slice from the wireless communication device over a non-3GPP access node. The data communication system exchanges network signaling with a 3GPP network. The data communication system receives an authorization from the 3GPP network for the wireless communication device to use the non-3GPP network slice. The data communication system establishes a Virtual Private Network (VPN) for the wireless communication device over the non-3GPP access node in response to the authorization from the 3GPP network. The data communication system exchanges user data with the wireless communication device over the VPN. The data communication system exchanges the user data with a non-3GPP communication system over the VPN or another VPN for the non-3GPP communication system.
A method to serve a wireless communication device over a Non Third Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) network slice, the method comprising:
One or more non-transitory machine-readable media comprising instructions to direct one or more microprocessors to operate a Non Third Generation Partnership Project Interworking Function (N3IWF) to serve a wireless communication device over a Non Third Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) network slice by performing a method comprising:
A Non-Third Generation Partnership Project Interworking Function (N3IWF) to serve a wireless communication device over a Non Third Generation Partnership Project (non-3GPP) network slice, the N3IWF comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.