公开(公告)号：US11576231B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US16907638

申请日：2020-06-22

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Maqbool Chauhan ,  Kirk Campbell ,  Parry Cornell Booker ,  Chad Allenbrand ,  Jerry Steben ,  David Taft ,  Edward G. Leyton ,  Anthony Mathias George ,  Anthony Sirignano ,  Eric Handley

IPC: H04W88/16 ,  H04L61/256 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04W76/12

Abstract: A packet destined for a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) network is received at a wireless station from a user device. A serving gateway (SGW) receives the packet from the wireless station via an S1U GTP tunnel and assigns an uplink S1U General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Tunneling Protocol (GTP) tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) to the packet. The SGW performs a network address translation (NAT) function on the packet based on the uplink S1U GTP TEID assigned to the packet to form a translated packet. The SGW transmits the translated packet to the MEC network.

公开(公告)号：US20230020413A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17934352

申请日：2022-09-22

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Chien-Yuan Huang ,  Suzann Hua ,  Parry Cornell Booker

IPC: H04W76/12 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/32 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to detect that an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel from a user equipment (UE) device connected via a WiFi connection has become idle, based on the IPsec tunnel meeting an idleness criterion, and instruct the UE device to tear down the IPsec tunnel, in response to detecting that the IPsec tunnel from the UE device connected via the WiFi connection meets the idleness criterion. The device may be further configured to receive a mobile terminating call for the UE device; establish a new IPsec tunnel to the UE device via the WiFi connection, in response to receiving the mobile terminating call for the UE device; and forward the received mobile terminating call to the UE device via the established new IPsec tunnel.

公开(公告)号：US20220394036A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17819721

申请日：2022-08-15

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： David Taft ,  Maqbool Chauhan ,  Jerry Steben ,  Parry Cornell Booker

IPC: H04L9/40 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50

Abstract: A device, method, and system for forwarding, to a pod, a utility container associated with each of at least one network service for enabling a pre-registration of a network function (NF) with an NF registration function (NRF); sending, from the utility container, an authorization code to an NF authorization platform, wherein the authorization code is associated with the at least one network service; suspending a registration procedure for the NF with the NRF until the authorization code is forwarded from the NF authorization platform to the NRF; and resuming, responsive to a service registration request, the registration procedure based on a validation of the authorization code identified in the service registration request.

公开(公告)号：US11477829B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US17115411

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Chien-Yuan Huang ,  Suzann Hua ,  Parry Cornell Booker

IPC: H04W12/00 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W76/32 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04L9/40

Abstract: A device may include a processor configured to detect that an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnel from a user equipment (UE) device connected via a WiFi connection has become idle, based on the IPsec tunnel meeting an idleness criterion, and instruct the UE device to tear down the IPsec tunnel, in response to detecting that the IPsec tunnel from the UE device connected via the WiFi connection meets the idleness criterion. The device may be further configured to receive a mobile terminating call for the UE device; establish a new IPsec tunnel to the UE device via the WiFi connection, in response to receiving the mobile terminating call for the UE device; and forward the received mobile terminating call to the UE device via the established new IPsec tunnel.

公开(公告)号：US11375374B1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US17210841

申请日：2021-03-24

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Suzann Hua ,  Ye Huang ,  Chien-Yuan Huang ,  Parry Cornell Booker

IPC: H04W12/082 ,  H04W12/72

Abstract: Systems and method are provided for a temporary network slice usage barring service within a core network. A network device in the core network receives a slice barring information message for an application function (AF). The slice barring information message includes a unique subscriber identifier associated with a user equipment (UE) device to be barred from a network slice and indicates a barring expiration time. The network device stores barring parameters based on the slice barring information message. The barring parameters include a slice identifier associated with the AF, the unique subscriber identifier, and the barring expiration time. The network device sends a barring instruction message to another network device associated with the network slice. The barring instruction message includes the unique subscriber identifier and the barring expiration time. The other network device enforces temporary barring of the UE device from the network slice based on the barring instruction message.

公开(公告)号：US20210392477A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US16899150

申请日：2020-06-11

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： David Taft ,  Vinod Kumar Choyi ,  Maqbool Chauhan ,  Jerry Steben ,  Parry Cornell Booker ,  Hossein M. Ahmadi ,  Minbao Li ,  Sudhakar Reddy Patil

IPC: H04W4/20 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to host a network function container that implements a microservice for a network function in a wireless communications network, wherein the network function container is deployed by a container orchestration platform; host a service proxy container associated with the network function container, wherein the service proxy container is deployed by the container orchestration platform; and configure the hosted service proxy container to apply a wireless network policy to the microservice for the network function. The processor may be further configured to intercept messages associated with the microservice for the network function using the configured service proxy container; and apply the wireless network policy to the intercepted messages using the configured service proxy container.

公开(公告)号：US20210306937A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US16835467

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Suzann Hua ,  Ye Huang ,  Jude M. Munn ,  Parry Cornell Booker ,  Miguel A. Carames

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W8/18

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage subscription service is provided. The network slice usage subscription service may allow a network device to obtain network slice usage information and event notifications. The event notification may indicate when an end device is using a network slice and when the end device is no longer the network slice. The network device may include an application function (AF) device. The network device may use the event notification to perform an operation relating to the network slice and/or the end device.

公开(公告)号：US20210306906A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US16835810

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Suzann Hua ,  Ye Huang ,  Jude M. Munn ,  Parry Cornell Booker ,  Miguel A. Carames

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W16/02

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a network slice usage service is provided. The network slice usage service may allow a network device to obtain a network slice usage value of a network slice. The network device may be implemented as a network data analytics function (NWDAF). The network slice usage value may be provided by an access and mobility management function (AMF). The network device may calculate a network slice load value based on the network slice usage value. The network device may also provide the network slice load value to other network devices of a core network, such as a network slice selection function (NSSF) and/or a policy control function (PCF).

公开(公告)号：US20210266780A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US16799550

申请日：2020-02-24

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Ye Huang ,  Miguel A. Carames ,  Parry Cornell Booker

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W60/00

Abstract: Systems described herein provide techniques for establishing and modifying user plane communications sessions between Long-Term Evolution (“LTE”) User Equipment (“UE”) devices, connected to LTE base stations, and a Fifth Generation (“5G”) core network. An LTE-5G Interworking function (“LTE-5G IWF”) may logically generate a virtual 5G UE and/or 5G base station, map a LTE UE to the virtual 5G UE, and cause the establishment of a Protocol Data Unit (“PDU”) Session, at the 5G core network, with the virtual 5G UE. The LTE-5G IWF may provide PDU Session information to the LTE UE and base station to facilitate the establishment of user plane communications (e.g., via a tunnel) between the LTE UE and the 5G core network. The LTE-5G IWF may also receive modification parameters, such as Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters, and provide instructions to the 5G core and/or to the LTE UE to handle traffic according to such parameters.

公开(公告)号：US11088968B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16566101

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Feng Li ,  Haim S. Ner ,  Lily Zhu ,  Parry Cornell Booker

IPC: H04L12/861 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/925

Abstract: A network device includes a network interface for establishing a communication session with another network device, a memory to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor may, for each time period during the communication session, adjust a size of a receive buffer of a socket. When the processor adjusts the size, the processor, if a utilization number of the receive buffer is greater than a high threshold: may determine a first new size for the receive buffer, and set a size of the receive buffer to the first new size. If the utilization number is less than a low threshold, the processor may determine a second new size for the receive buffer; and set the size of the receive buffer to the second new size.