Offloading network communications to a shared modem
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJayachandran Chinnakkannu, Hui Wang
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Abstract
Shared modems discrete from user equipment (UE) or other user devices are configured to facilitate the reception and transmission of network messages between UE and a cellular network. The shared modems are connected to consistent power sources and are configured to communicatively couple to UE or other user devices using one or more communication protocols and communicatively couple to one or more cells of a cellular network using one or more cellular network protocols. Once coupled to the UE or other user devices and the cellular network, the shared modems allow network messages to be transmitted and received between the UE or other user devices and the cellular network.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- by a shared modem separate and distinct from a user device, communicatively coupling to the user device, wherein the user device comprises a subscriber identity module (SIM) device;
- in response to receiving identification data stored in the SIM device of the user device, transmitting the identification data to a cellular network;
- determining a registration parameter based on an authentication response received from the cellular network in response to transmitting the identification data;
- and
- transmitting a network message received from the cellular network to the user device based on the determined registration parameter.
A method comprising:
- by a shared modem, communicatively coupling to a plurality of user devices, each user device of the plurality of user devices including a respective subscriber identity module (SIM) device;
- and
- by the shared modem, implementing at least a portion of an authentication process for a cellular network and each user device of the plurality of user devices, wherein offloading the at least a portion of the authentication process for the cellular network and each user device of the plurality of user devices comprises:
- transmitting identification data stored in a respective SIM device associated with the user device to the cellular network;
- determining a registration parameter for a respective user device based on a network message received from the cellular network.
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An apparatus for offloading one or more network messages between a user device and a cellular network, the apparatus comprising:
- a shared modem communicatively coupleable to one or more user devices and a cellular network;
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions configured to manipulate one or both of the one or more processors or the shared modem to:
- communicatively couple the shared modem to the user device, wherein the user device comprises a subscriber identity module (SIM) device;
- in response to receiving identification data stored in the SIM device of the user device, transmit the identification data to the cellular network;
- determine a registration parameter based on an authentication response received from the cellular network in response to transmitting the identification data;
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- provide a network message received from the cellular network for transmission to the user device based on the determined registration parameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.