IP Library Granted Patent US 10,785,813
Granted Patent B2
US 10,785,813 · App. 16/041,872 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Mobile communication network attachment to Wi-Fi

Inventors: Ying Ying Xu (Beijing, CN); ShengYan Sun (Beijing, CN); Jin Rong Wang (Beijing, CN); Yu Han Zhang (Beijing, CN); Ya Nan Mo (Beijing, CN); Xiao Hai Ma (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04W76/11H04L61/2007H04W48/17H04W76/15H04W88/16
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Patent No.
US 10,785,813
App. No.
16/041,872
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented process for an attachment process to a network. The method comprises, receiving a data request from a user equipment, connecting the user equipment is to a mobile communication network through a first base station, determining a router bound to the user equipment, connecting the router to the mobile communication network through a second base station, establishing a connection between the user equipment and the router through the first base station and the second base station.

Claims (38)

1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user equipment, the user equipment being connected to a mobile communication network through a first base station;

determining a router bound to the user equipment, the router being connected to the mobile communication network through a second base station;

sending an internet protocol (IP) address allocation request to the router;

receiving an IP address allocated for the user equipment from the router; and

establishing a connection between the user equipment and the router utilizing the allocated IP address through the first base station and the second base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the router is connected to a broadband network, the method further comprising:

connecting the user equipment to the broadband network through the connection between the user equipment and the router.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the router is connected to the mobile communication network with a subscriber identification module (SIM) card.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the router is bound to the user equipment with an identification of the SIM card.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station and the second base station are the same base station, and wherein the data packages are transmitted between the user equipment and the router through the same base station.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is different from the second base station, and wherein a tunnel is established between the first base station and the second base station, and wherein the connection between the user equipment and the router includes a radio connection established between the user equipment and the first base station, and wherein a second radio connection is established between the second base station and the router, and wherein the tunnel is utilized to communicate between the first base station and the second base station.

7. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory coupled to at least one of the one or more processors;

a set of computer program instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the one or more processors in order to perform actions of:

receiving a request from a user equipment, the user equipment being connected to a mobile communication network through a first base station;

determining a router bound to the user equipment, the router being connected to the mobile communication network through a second base station;

sending the internet protocol (IP) address allocation request to the router;

receiving an IP address allocated for the user equipment from the router; and

establishing a connection between the user equipment and the router utilizing the allocated IP address through the first base station and the second base station.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the router is connected to a broadband network, and the actions further comprising:

connecting the user equipment to the broadband network through the connection between the user equipment and the router.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the router is connected to the mobile communication network with a subscriber identification module (SIM) card.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the router is bound to the user equipment with an identification of the SIM card.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first base station and the second base station are the same base station, and wherein the data packages are transmitted between the user equipment and the router through the same base station.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first base station is different from the second base station, and wherein a tunnel is established between the first base station and the second base station, and wherein the connection between the user equipment and the router includes a radio connection established between the user equipment and the first base station, and wherein a second radio connection is established between the second base station and the router, and wherein the tunnel is utilized to communicate between the first base station and the second base station.

13. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions being executable by a device to perform a method comprising:

receiving a request from a user equipment, the user equipment being connected to a mobile communication network through a first base station;

determining a router bound to the user equipment, the router being connected to the mobile communication network through a second base station;

sending an internet protocol (IP) address allocation request to the router;

receiving an IP address allocated for the user equipment from the router; and

establishing a connection between the user equipment and the router utilizing the allocated IP address through the first base station and the second base station.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the router is connected to a broadband network, and the method further comprising:

connecting the user equipment to the broadband network through the connection between the user equipment and the router.

15. The computer program product of claim 14 , wherein the router is connected to the mobile communication network with a subscriber identification module (SIM) card.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the first base station and the second base station are the same base station, and wherein the data packages are transmitted between the user equipment and the router through the same base station.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the first base station is different from the second base station, and wherein a tunnel is established between the first base station and the second base station, and wherein the connection between the user equipment and the router includes a radio connection established between the user equipment and the first base station, and wherein a second radio connection is established between the second base station and the router, and wherein the tunnel is utilized to communicate between the first base station and the second base station.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECTION BY DECLARATION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 049184 FRAME: 0125. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSINGMENT. Recorded Dec 6, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058773/0735 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2019
From: MORRISS, JOHN; MCLEAN, MATT; BENSING, MAUREEN; DUERI, JEAN-PIERRE; GIFFORD, HANSON, III; MIYASHIRO, KATIE; SCOTT, DAVID JERRY; TRASK, DAVID; VALLEY, KIRSTEN
To: TWELVE, INC.
Reel/Frame 049184/0125 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: XU, YING YING; SUN, SHENGYAN; WANG, JIN RONG; ZHANG, YU HAN; MO, YA NAN; MA, XIAO HAI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046421/0797 →
Continuity (1)
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