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United States Patent 9,820,335
Pinheiro , et al. November 14, 2017

System and method for sharing a common PDP context


Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and devices for sharing a packet data protocol (PDP) context among a plurality of devices. For example, a method or sharing a PDP context among a plurality of devices may include a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sending a request to establish or modify a PDP context. The request to establish or modify the PDP context may include an indication that the WTRU is a member of shared context group. The method may also include the WTRU receiving a response indicating that the request to establish or modify the PDP context was accepted. The method may also include the WTRU acting as a gateway for at least one other device in the shared context group. The request to establish or modify the PDP context may be an attach request. The indication that the WTRU is a member of shared context group may be a group identifier (ID).



Inventors:
Pinheiro; Ana Lucia A. (Breinigsville, PA), Kaur; Samian J. (Plymouth Meeting, PA), Cha; Inhyok (Seoul, KR), Howry; Dolores F. (Malvern, PA), Starsinic; Michael F. (Newtown, PA), Majumder; Debjani (Bangalore, IN), Seed; Dale N. (Allentown, PA), Wang; Chonggang (Princeton, NJ), Dong; Lijun (Bridgeport, PA), Lu; Guang (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA), Ding; Zongrui (King of Prussia, PA)

Applicant:


Name

City

State

Country

Type


Pinheiro; Ana Lucia A.
Kaur; Samian J.
Cha; Inhyok
Howry; Dolores F.
Starsinic; Michael F.
Majumder; Debjani
Seed; Dale N.
Wang; Chonggang
Dong; Lijun
Lu; Guang
Ding; Zongrui
Breinigsville
Plymouth Meeting
Seoul
Malvern
Newtown
Bangalore
Allentown
Princeton
Bridgeport
Dollard-des-Ormeaux
King of Prussia
PA
PA
N/A
PA
PA
N/A
PA
NJ
PA
N/A
PA
US
US
KR
US
US
IN
US
US
US
CA
US


Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)


Family ID:
1000002950015

Appl. No.:
13/435,479

Filed:
March 30, 2012


Prior Publication Data






Document Identifier

Publication Date

US 20130155948 A1 Jun 20, 2013



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Application Number

Filing Date

Patent Number

Issue Date

61470867 Apr 1, 2011




Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 88/08 (20130101); H04W 4/005 (20130101); H04W 12/06 (20130101); H04W 76/02 (20130101); H04W 88/16 (20130101); H04W 84/042 (20130101); H04W 88/02 (20130101); H04W 88/14 (20130101); H04W 80/04 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 88/08 (20090101); H04W 12/06 (20090101); H04W 76/02 (20090101); H04W 4/00 (20090101); H04W 88/16 (20090101); H04W 88/02 (20090101); H04W 84/04 (20090101); H04W 80/04 (20090101); H04W 88/14 (20090101)
Field of Search: ;370/328,390,400,315,312,352,401,230,235,252,311,335,342,356,392,469 ;455/422

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