US 12,278,848 B2
Establishing a connection with a dual registered device
Dimitrios Karampatsis, Ruislip (GB); Roozbeh Atarius, La Jolla, CA (US); and Andreas Kunz, Ladenburg (DE)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park (SG)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,172.
Application 18/073,172 is a continuation of application No. 16/683,595, filed on Nov. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,582,268.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/767,274, filed on Nov. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100674 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1016 (2022.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 65/1069 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1016 (2013.01); H04W 60/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method at a first network function, the method comprising:
receiving, from a second network function, a first request message indicating a terminating access domain selection (T-ADS) request, wherein the T-ADS request comprises an identifier associated with a user equipment (UE);
determining that the UE has a fifth generation core (5GC) subscription from which the UE receives 5G subscription data;
based at least in part on the received first request message, retrieving first domain selection information from an evolved packet core network (EPC);
retrieving second domain selection information from a third network function in response to determining that the UE has the 5GC subscription; and
transmitting, to the second network function, a first response message comprising a combination of the first domain selection information retrieved from the EPC and the second domain selection information retrieved from the third network function.