US 11,722,955 B2
Method for managing an attachment of a communication device to an operator network
Emmanuel Bertin, Chatillon (FR); and Stephane Tuffin, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 17/259,772
Filed by ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FR2019/051736
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/016504, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1856721 (FR), filed on Jul. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329544 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 12/088 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 12/088 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by a management device and comprising:
managing an attachment of a communication device to an operator network, in order to benefit from a network connectivity provided by a third party via the operator network, said managing comprising:
receiving, from the communication device, a request for attachment to the operator network and an identifier of the third party;
obtaining, using the identifier of the third party, contact information of a software control gateway that controls access to a network slice allocated by the operator to the third party, the contact information comprising a reachability address of the software control gateway or an identifier of the network slice allocated to the third party and access to which is controlled by the software control gateway; and
sending a message to the device containing the contact information and inviting the communication device to attach to the software control gateway using the contact information.