Patents by Inventor Andreas Hoernes

Andreas Hoernes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Processing of network communication between a telecommunications network and at least one user equipment via realizing, within the telecommunications network, network functions virtualization
    Patent number: 10623493
    Abstract: A method for processing of network communication between a telecommunications network and at least one user equipment includes: subscription data, session data and/or call state data required to be available to at least a first virtual network function instance are transmitted, by a shared database functionality, to the first virtual network function instance; in case of at least a change being applied to the subscription data, session data and/or call state data, the changed subscription data, session data and/or call state data or an updated version of the subscription data, session data and/or call state data is transmitted, by the first virtual network function instance, to the shared database functionality; and in case of a failure of and/or a transfer of the functionality of the first virtual network function instance, a second virtual network function instance resumes the functionality of the first virtual network function instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG
    Inventors: Andreas Hoernes, Fridtjof van den Berge
  • PROCESSING OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND AT LEAST ONE USER EQUIPMENT VIA REALIZING, WITHIN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, NETWORK FUNCTIONS VIRTUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20170310755
    Abstract: A method for processing of network communication between a telecommunications network and at least one user equipment includes: subscription data, session data and/or call state data required to be available to at least a first virtual network function instance are transmitted, by a shared database functionality, to the first virtual network function instance; in case of at least a change being applied to the subscription data, session data and/or call state data, the changed subscription data, session data and/or call state data or an updated version of the subscription data, session data and/or call state data is transmitted, by the first virtual network function instance, to the shared database functionality; and in case of a failure of and/or a transfer of the functionality of the first virtual network function instance, a second virtual network function instance resumes the functionality of the first virtual network function instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Hoernes, Fridtjof van den Berge