US 12,245,300 B2
Application layer communications in cellular networks
Mariana Goldhamer, Ramat Gan (IL)
Filed by Mariana Goldhamer, Ramat Gan (IL)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/523,187.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,764, filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150998 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 76/15 (2018.02); H04W 76/18 (2018.02); H04W 88/026 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for cellular radio network operation, comprising:
assigning to a first User Equipment (UE) a first UE address and to a second UE a second UE address;
connecting a first application client on the first UE and a second application client on the second UE to a specific application server;
requesting by the application server to connect the first UE, served by a first RAN (Radio Access Network) node, with the second UE, served by a second RAN node;
identifying the second RAN node by the first RAN node;
establishing, through the first and the second RAN nodes, a connection within RAN between the first application client on the first UE and the second application client on the second UE; and
conveying user data between the first application client on the first UE and the second application client on the second UE through the first RAN node and the second RAN node.