| CPC H04W 60/06 (2013.01) | 22 Claims | 

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               1. A method performed by a network management system for managing one or more radio access networks (RANs), the method comprising: 
            receiving an indication from a RAN that a RAN identifier has been assigned for a wireless device; 
                when no management system identifier for the wireless device is associated with the RAN identifier for the wireless device, creating a management system identifier for the wireless device; 
                creating an association of the management system identifier for the wireless device with the RAN identifier for the wireless device; and 
                storing the association in a wireless device registry. 
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