公开(公告)号：US11553354B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US16915115

申请日：2020-06-29

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. ,  AT&T Mobility II LLC

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Sangar Dowlatkhah ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04W16/18 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W76/11

摘要： Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, transmitting a first identifier associated with a processing system to a communication device, transmitting first data to the communication device, obtaining, from the communication device and based on the transmitting of the first identifier and the first data, a first directive, wherein the first directive directs the processing system to utilize a first radio access technology for a first communication session, and utilizing, based on the first directive, the first radio access technology for the first communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10892948B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US16504592

申请日：2019-07-08

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Reuben Klein ,  Dean Bragg ,  John Oetting ,  Frank Cariello ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/717

摘要： Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for creating and using service control functions. The service control functions can detect a message via an adapter function. The message can relate to a service controlled by the service control functions. Service policies can be accessed. The service policies can include message handling policies and can be accessed to determine if a policy relating to the message exists. If a determination is made that the policy exists, the message and the policy can be analyzed to determine an action to take with respect to the message, and the action can be initiated.

公开(公告)号：US10833978B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US16258853

申请日：2019-01-28

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04L12/707 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W48/00 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/54 ,  H04L12/26

摘要： An integrated wireless and wireline access system that uses software defined networking is provided to deliver communication services to user equipment via a variety of network access technologies. The software defined networking system can dynamically choose which network access technology to use to deliver services to the user equipment based on network conditions, quality of service concerns, and user equipment context. The user equipment can have different addresses based on the network access technology, and the software defined networking can redirect communications that are directed to a first address associated with the device on a first network to a second address associated with the same device on a second network.

公开(公告)号：US10528381B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-07

申请号：US16104914

申请日：2018-08-19

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Walter Cooper Chastain ,  Frank Cariello ,  Reuben Klein ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50

摘要： Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for service creation and management. A processor can detect an event relating to a service, and access a service creation database to identify a recipe associated with the service. The recipe can define a resource to be used to provide the service. The processor can access an inventory to determine if the resource is available, identify a service control to control the service, instruct an infrastructure control to allocate virtual machines to host components of the service, and issue instructions to the service control. The instructions can instruct the service control to load service functions to the virtual machines.

公开(公告)号：US12047193B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US17974976

申请日：2022-10-27

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr. ,  Venson Shaw

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L12/2816 ,  H04L12/2812 ,  G06F2218/12 ,  H04L2012/2841

摘要： Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining characteristics of autonomous devices, identifying a portion of the autonomous devices having relatable characteristics, and assigning a network to the portion of autonomous devices for enabling communications with the portion of autonomous devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11974146B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-30

申请号：US17474557

申请日：2021-09-14

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Bo Lee ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W48/16

CPC分类号： H04W24/02 ,  H04W4/50 ,  H04W48/16

摘要： Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example generating, by a first Core Intelligent Controller (CIC) comprising a first processing system including a first processor, first data indicative of one or more first control functions that have been carried out by the first CIC, the first CIC being part of a wireless communication system; communicating, by the first CIC to a Service Intelligent Controller (SIC) comprising a second processing system including a second processor, the first data, the SIC being part of the wireless communication system; generating, by a first RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) comprising a third processing system including a third processor, second data indicative of one or more first radio access functions that have been carried out by the first RIC, the first RIC being part of the wireless communication system; communicating, by the first RIC to the SIC, the second data; generating, by the SIC, third data, the generating of the third data being based at least in part upon the first data, the second, data, or a first combination thereof; communicating, by the SIC to the first CIC, the third data; performing, by the first CIC, one or more second control functions, the one or more second control functions being performed based at least in part upon the third data; generating, by the SIC, fourth data, the generating of the fourth data being based at least in part upon the first data, the second, data, or a second combination thereof; communicating, by the SIC to the first RIC, the fourth data; and performing, by the first RIC, one or more second radio access functions, the one or more second radio access functions being performed based at least in part upon the fourth data. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11658879B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17510537

申请日：2021-10-26

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Cagatay Buyukkoc ,  Reuben Klein ,  Vimal Begwani ,  John F. Murray ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr. ,  Rittwik Jana

IPC分类号： H04L41/14 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W84/04

CPC分类号： H04L41/145 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W84/042

摘要： Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a model of a communication network, applying first data to the model to generate an updated model, processing the updated model to establish a first control, enabling first communications in the communication network in accordance with the first control, obtaining first parametric data regarding the first communications in the communication network that are based on the first control, processing the first parametric data in accordance with the updated model to generate an updated first control, and enabling second communications in the communication network in accordance with the updated first control. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20220360958A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17314112

申请日：2021-05-07

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr. ,  David Kinsey

IPC分类号： H04W4/50 ,  H04L29/08

摘要： Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining information regarding a plurality of network resources available in an access network, wherein the plurality of network resources is abstracted as a plurality of universal resource ports, wherein the information identifies, for each network resource, a respective universal resource port, and wherein the information identifies capabilities of the plurality of network resources; receiving, from an external system, a request for a service to be provided for a UE; identifying a first set of universal resource ports based on the information and the request, wherein the first set of universal resource ports corresponds to a first set of network resources that have particular capabilities associated with the service; and causing a controller to define a route, that includes the first set of universal resource ports, to orchestrate provisioning and delivery of the service for the UE. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10230622B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US14870947

申请日：2015-09-30

申请人： AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： H04L12/707 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04W48/00 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L12/54 ,  H04L12/26

摘要： An integrated wireless and wireline access system that uses software defined networking is provided to deliver communication services to user equipment via a variety of network access technologies. The software defined networking system can dynamically choose which network access technology to use to deliver services to the user equipment based on network conditions, quality of service concerns, and user equipment context. The user equipment can have different addresses based on the network access technology, and the software defined networking can redirect communications that are directed to a first address associated with the device on a first network to a second address associated with the same device on a second network.

公开(公告)号：US09936536B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US15355222

申请日：2016-11-18

申请人： AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

发明人： Zhi Cui ,  Vinod Pandey ,  Liza Fung ,  Paul Edward Smith, Jr. ,  Cheng Liu

IPC分类号： H04W76/06 ,  H04W28/08 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04L12/801

CPC分类号： H04W76/28 ,  H04L47/12 ,  H04W4/70 ,  H04W28/08 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W76/38

摘要： When machine-to-machine (M2M) devices attach to a mobile communication network, the associated communication session can be treated differently than the attachment of other devices. For example, upon determining that a subscriber device that attaches to a communication network is an M2M device and has completed a given network transaction, the M2M device can be immediately detached without waiting on expiration of an inactivity timer. As another example, upon determining that a subscriber device that attaches to a communication network is an M2M device, the M2M device can be excluded from various signaling procedures such as load-balancing procedures.