Systems and methods for wireless local area network and cellular wireless core network interworking
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorEric R. Sporel
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Abstract
A device may include a processor configured to receive an access request to access a core network from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access device. The processor may be further configured to register with the core network as a User Equipment (UE) device using a UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device, based on receiving the request to access the core network from the WLAN access device; establish a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session with the core network as a UE device using the UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device; and proxy data traffic between the WLAN access device and core network using the established PDU session.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a device, an access request to access a core network from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access device;
- registering, by the device, with the core network as a User Equipment (UE) device using a UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device, based on receiving the request to access the core network from the WLAN access device;
- establishing, by the device, a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session with the core network as a UE device using the UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device;
- and
- proxying, by the device, data traffic between the WLAN access device and core network using the established PDU session.
A device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive an access request to access a core network from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access device;
- register with the core network as a User Equipment (UE) device using a UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device, based on receiving the request to access the core network from the WLAN access device;
- establish a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session with the core network as a UE device using the UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device;
- and
- proxy data traffic between the WLAN access device and core network using the established PDU session.
A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising:
- one or more instructions to receive an access request to access a core network from a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access device;
- one or more instructions to register with the core network as a User Equipment (UE) device using a UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device, based on receiving the request to access the core network from the WLAN access device;
- one or more instructions to establish a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session with the core network as a UE device using the UE device identifier associated with the WLAN access device;
- and
- one or more instructions to proxy data traffic between the WLAN access device and core network using the established PDU session.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.