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公开(公告)号:US20220394819A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17336857
申请日:2021-06-02
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Irfan Ali , Ian McDowell Campbell , Ravi Shankar Mantha
Abstract: The present technology is directed to establishing a connection between a client device within a 2G or 3G network and 5G core through an interworking function. The present technology can perform establishing a Gn-4G interworking function (IWF) between a client access network and a packet anchor network and performing one or more network functions through the Gn-4G IWF in providing a client of the client access network access to network services through the packet anchor network. The one or more network functions appear as one or more Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) functions from the client access network (e.g., 2G or 3G network). The one or more network functions concurrently appear as one or more S4 Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) functions from the packet anchor network (e.g., 4G or 5G network).
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公开(公告)号:US11216321B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US16859510
申请日:2020-04-27
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Shekhar , Ameo Ghosh , Ian McDowell Campbell
IPC: G06F9/44 , G06F9/54 , H04L29/08 , H04L12/781 , H04L12/773 , H04L12/741 , H04L12/725 , H04L12/931
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing service calls over a network may include a signal routing engine with a maintained forwarding table for various network functions and micro-services in a services back end for the network. The signal routing engine can include a call conversion service for converting REST API calls to an internal network call protocol for increasing network function processing speeds, decreasing bandwidth usage, and improving network responsiveness and manageability.
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公开(公告)号:US11121911B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16359847
申请日:2019-03-20
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Konstantin Livanos , Ian McDowell Campbell , Charles C. Wolfinger
Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include maintaining, by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA), an availability status for a plurality of network elements; receiving a request associated with a user equipment (UE) session, wherein a first network element of the plurality of network elements is serving the UE session; determining that the first network element serving the UE session is unavailable; and re-establishing the UE session at a second network element of the plurality of network elements that is available, wherein the re-establishing is performed without terminating the UE session.
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公开(公告)号:US10805178B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US15823144
申请日:2017-11-27
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Abstract: Subscription-based, user equipment (UE) event notification techniques for use in a mobile network are described. In one illustrative example, an event subscription request from an application server may be received at a network exposure function (NEF) entity of a 5G mobile network. The event subscription request may include a list of one or more subscribed events for a UE, which may include a UE attach event and/or a UE detach event. A context which indicates the one or more subscribed events may be created for the UE. Sometime during network operation, an indication of an occurrence of an event associated with the UE is received. The indication is received from a policy and charging function (PCF) entity when the UE is configured for IP data delivery, or from an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity when the UE is configured for non-IP data delivery (NIDD).
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公开(公告)号:US10742396B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US16415884
申请日:2019-05-17
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Om Prakash Suthar , Ammar Rayes , Michael David Geller , Ian McDowell Campbell , Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble
IPC: H04L9/06 , H04W12/06 , H04W12/08 , H04L29/06 , G06Q20/40 , G06Q20/32 , H04W60/00 , G06Q20/36 , G06Q20/10 , G06Q20/38 , G06Q20/06 , H04L9/32 , G06F9/455 , H04L9/08 , H04L9/30 , H04L12/911 , H04W8/02 , H04W88/02 , H04W8/18 , H04W60/04
Abstract: A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives authentication data associated with a User Equipment (UE), determines the UE supports a blockchain registration procedure based on the authentication data, exchanges authentication messages with a Blockchain Roaming Broker (BRB) entity over a blockchain network interface, receives a blockchain authentication confirmation from the BRB entity, and registers the UE with the core network based on the blockchain authentication confirmation.
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公开(公告)号:US20200034220A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-30
申请号:US16356984
申请日:2019-03-18
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Shekhar , Ameo Ghosh , Ian McDowell Campbell
IPC: G06F9/54 , H04L12/741 , H04L29/08 , H04L12/781 , H04L12/773
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing service calls over a network may include a signal routing engine with a maintained forwarding table for various network functions and micro-services in a services back end for the network. The signal routing engine can include a call conversion service for converting REST API calls to an internal network call protocol for increasing network function processing speeds, decreasing bandwidth usage, and improving network responsiveness and manageability.
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公开(公告)号:US10361843B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-23
申请号:US16205017
申请日:2018-11-29
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Om Prakash Suthar , Ammar Rayes , Michael David Geller , Ian McDowell Campbell , Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble
IPC: H04L9/06 , H04L9/08 , H04L12/24 , H04L29/06 , G06F9/455 , H04L9/32 , H04L9/30 , H04L12/911 , H04W8/02
Abstract: A network slice manager receives a workload mobility request to add network resources to a domain in the communication network, and authenticates a virtual network function (VNF) with a blockchain authentication function (BAF) over a blockchain network interface based on the workload mobility request. The network slice manager further receives an indication of a successful authentication from the BAF, and instantiates the VNF in the domain of the communication network based on the indication of the successful authentication. Notably, these authentication processes may be readily adapted to instantiate new network resources or migrate existing network resources between domains.
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公开(公告)号:US10235226B1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-19
申请号:US16107794
申请日:2018-08-21
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Ravi Shekhar , Ameo Ghosh , Ian McDowell Campbell
IPC: G06F3/00 , G06F9/44 , G06F9/46 , G06F13/00 , G06F9/54 , H04L29/08 , H04L12/781 , H04L12/773 , H04L12/741
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing service calls over a network may include a signal routing engine with a maintained forwarding table for various network functions and micro-services in a services back end for the network. The signal routing engine can include a call conversion service for converting REST API calls to an internal network call protocol for increasing network function processing speeds, decreasing bandwidth usage, and improving network responsiveness and manageability.
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公开(公告)号:US10142886B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-27
申请号:US15282857
申请日:2016-09-30
Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Konstantin Livanos , Ian McDowell Campbell
IPC: H04W28/08 , H04L12/14 , H04L12/801 , H04L12/26 , H04W28/02
Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving load information for a plurality of cells of a Radio Access Network (RAN); determining, for each of a plurality of user equipment (UE) in each cell, identification information for each UE and an Access Point Name (APN) to which each UE is connected; identifying, from a plurality of policy servers, each policy server that serves each APN to which each UE in each cell of the plurality of cells is connected; and sending, to each of a particular policy server, congestion information comprising: an identity for each cell having UE that are connected to each APN served by the particular policy server; the corresponding congestion level for each of the cells; and a per-cell UE list identifying each of a plurality of UE connected to each of APNs served by the particular policy server.
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公开(公告)号:US20180098276A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-05
申请号:US15282823
申请日:2016-09-30
Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Inventor: Konstantin Livanos , Ian McDowell Campbell , Robert Glenn Smith
Abstract: An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include provisioning a user equipment (UE) with a list comprising one or more locations at which the UE is to report its location; reporting a location of the UE when the location is identified in the list; provisioning the UE with one or more access network selection policy based on the reported location of the UE; and applying at least one access network selection policy at the UE based on the location of the UE. The list comprising the one or more locations can be sent to the UE from an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) server after the UE reports its location to the ANDSF server. The one or more access network selection policies can be permanent type and/or temporal type policies.
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