US 12,335,847 B2
User equipment (UE) control by a non-third generation partnership project (non-3GPP) access node using 3GPP signaling
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US); Robert Keith Butler, Overland Park, KS (US); Marouane Balmakhtar, Fairfax, VA (US); and Galip Murat Karabulut, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,058.
Application 18/343,058 is a continuation of application No. 17/204,259, filed on Mar. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,729,699.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337116 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 8/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/08 (2013.01) [H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 8/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 92/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to transfer a signaling message from a wireless access node to a wireless user device, the method comprising:
establishing, by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF), a node signaling link with the wireless access node, wherein the node signaling link traverses a Non-Third Generation Partnership Project Interworking Function (N3IWF) and the wireless access node wirelessly exchanges user data with the wireless user device;
establishing, by the AMF, a user signaling link with the wireless user device, wherein the user signaling link traverses the N3IWF and the wireless access node and wherein the wireless user device wirelessly exchanges the user data with the wireless access node;
receiving, by the AMF, the signaling message from the wireless access node over the node signaling link; and
transferring, by the AMF, the signaling message to the wireless user device over the user signaling link.