| US 11,812,287 B2 | ||
| Broadband access for 5G capable residential gateways | ||
| Thomas Haag, Rodgau (DE); Werner Weiershausen, Eppertshausen (DE); Hans-Joerg Kolbe, Darmstadt (DE); and Egbert Terlinde, Darmstadt (DE) | ||
| Assigned to DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Bonn (DE) | ||
| Appl. No. 17/788,801 | ||
| Filed by Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn (DE) | ||
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PCT Filed Mar. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/055211 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/190880, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 20165229 (EP), filed on Mar. 24, 2020. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2023/0030887 A1, Feb. 2, 2023 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01) | ||
| CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A method for an operation and for architecture of a broadband access network, comprising a central office point of delivery, of a telecommunications network and/or for providing fixed mobile convergence (FMC) and/or fixed mobile interworking (FMI) access and functionality to a plurality of residential gateways being connected to the broadband access network,
wherein the broadband access network comprises an FMC access gateway function node or instance, wherein the central office point of delivery and/or the broadband access network comprises a plurality of line termination nodes, wherein a specific residential gateway of the plurality of residential gateways is connectable, directly or indirectly, to a specific line termination node of the plurality of line termination nodes, using an access node port of the specific line termination node, wherein, upon activation of the specific residential gateway being connected to the specific line termination node, the FMC access and functionality is set up or provided to the specific residential gateway by means of the following steps:
in a first step, a unique identifier information is transmitted, by the specific residential gateway and as part of a port notification message, to the broadband access network and/or to the central office point of delivery,
in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the unique identifier information transmitted by the specific residential gateway is used, by the broadband access network and/or by the central office point of delivery, to decide
whether or not the broadband access network is able or configured to provide 5G network access to the specific residential gateway at the location of the specific residential gateway, and/or
whether the specific residential gateway is able or configured to receive or to accept or to process 5G network access in case the broadband access network is able or configured to provide 5G network access,
in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the FMC access gateway function node or instance is dynamically configured or generated in order to provide network access to the specific residential gateway according to both the configuration or ability of the specific residential gateway, and the configuration or ability of the broadband access network at the location of the specific residential gateway;
wherein the central office point of delivery and/or the broadband access network comprises an FMC proxy node or instance as part of the FMC access gateway function node or instance, wherein the FMC proxy node or instance
detects, as part of the second step and by means of or based on the unique identifier information transmitted by the specific residential gateway, which protocols and procedures shall be used with respect to the specific residential gateway, and
determines, as part of the third step and by means of selecting one FMC access gateway function module out of a plurality of different FMC access gateway function modules, as well as by means of selecting a corresponding FMC access gateway function data module or feature block, how access-related messages shall be processed.
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