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US 12,676,817 · App. 18/394,521 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

System and methods for supporting low mobility devices in next generation wireless network

Inventors: Guanzhou Wang (Brossard, CA); Saad Ahmad (Montreal, CA); Mahmoud Watfa (Saint Leonard, CA)
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
H04L45/741H04L45/745H04W40/246
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Patent No.
US 12,676,817
App. No.
18/394,521
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and apparatus for addressing the different types of mobility of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a network. A radio access network (RAN) may send a request for configuration information to a gateway device including a device ID of a WTRU, a service ID, and a RAN address. Once the RAN receives configuration information from the gateway device including a forwarding table, the RAN may be prepared to receive non-IP data from a WTRU including a routing tag. The routing tag may be based on the device ID of a WTRU and service ID. The RAN may transmit the non-IP data received from the WTRU to the gateway device over a routing path based on the routing tag and a forwarding table where the non-IP data is forwarded on to its detention, such as another WTRU or an Application Server.

Claims (14)

1 . A method implemented by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

sending a request related to sending non-IP data including an ID associated with a service that is associated with the non-IP data, wherein the request causes one or more second network nodes to perform a selection of a first network node; and

sending the non-IP data associated with the ID associated with the service to a data network via the first network node, wherein the sending the non-IP data causes transformation of the non-IP data to an IP data packet by the first network node, wherein the transformation of the non-IP data into the IP data packet is based on an IP address associated with the ID associated with the service.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the IP address is based on IPV6.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the transformation is further dependent on a port number.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the IP data packet is sent to the data network via a tunnel after it has been transformed.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the non-IP data causes the one or more second network nodes to provide the IP address associated with the ID associated with the service to the first network node.

6 . A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor operatively connected to a transceiver, the processor and transceiver configured to send a request related to sending non-IP data including an ID associated with a service that is associated with the non-IP data, wherein the request causes one or more second network nodes to perform a selection of a first network node; and

the processor and transceiver configured to send the non-IP data associated with the ID associated with the service to a data network via the first network node, wherein the sending the non-IP data causes transformation of the non-IP data to an IP data packet by the first network node, wherein the transformation of the non-IP data into the IP data packet is based on an IP address associated with the ID associated with the service.

7 . The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the IP address is based on IPV6.

8 . The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the transformation is further dependent on a port number.

9 . The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein the IP data packet is sent to the data network via a tunnel after it has been transformed.

10 . The WTRU of claim 6 , wherein sending the non-IP data causes the one or more second network nodes to provide the IP address associated with the ID associated with the service to the first network node.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16088380
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