InterDigital Inc (IDCC)

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United States Patent 9,609,689
Miller , et al. March 28, 2017

Method and apparatus for self configuration of LTE e-Node Bs


Abstract

The present invention is a procedure for a self configuring eNB/E-UTRAN. The eNB/E-UTRAN interacts with the Enhanced Packet Core (EPC) of the LTE network in order to complete the mutual authentication task between the eNB and the EPC and other operating procedures in the eNB self configuration phase.



Inventors:
Miller; James M. (Melville, NY), Wang; Peter S. (E. Setauket, NY), Olvera-Hernandez; Ulises (Montreal, CA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


InterDigital Technology Corporation
Wilmington
DE
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002488740

Appl. No.:
15/068,991

Filed:
March 14, 2016


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20160198521 A1 Jul 7, 2016



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Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 84/18 (20130101); H04J 11/00 (20130101); H04L 63/0869 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 64/003 (20130101); H04W 72/0406 (20130101); H04W 76/02 (20130101); H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04W 24/02 (20130101); H04W 88/12 (20130101); H04W 88/14 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04W 64/00 (20090101); H04J 11/00 (20060101); H04W 72/04 (20090101); H04W 88/08 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 84/18 (20090101); H04L 29/06 (20060101); H04W 24/02 (20090101); H04W 88/16 (20090101); H04W 88/12 (20090101); H04W 88/14 (20090101)

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