US 12,457,574 B2
Individual user equipment management in RAN
Paul Stjernholm, Lidingö (SE); John Power, Athlone (IE); Mathias Sintorn, Sollentuna (SE); Göran Eriksson, Norrtälje (SE); and Patric Lind, Lund (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/914,937
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Mar. 31, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/052691
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/198947, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,605, filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0337170 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 60/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/06 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.