Patents by Inventor Joel Arends

Joel Arends 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).

  • Publication number: 20240137395
    Abstract: When operational, a first node of an IMS network handles a registration of a UE on the IMS network, and receives a first request to reregister the UE with the IMS network. The first node creates a registration confirmation, and sends the registration confirmation to the UE. The second node of the IMS network receives a second request to reregister the UE with the IMS network and an indication that the first node has failed. The second node reduces IMS network congestion by avoiding reporting to the UE that the first node has failed, and by sending a message confirming reregistration. Upon receiving the message, the UE considers the registration valid for a predetermined period. Upon expiration of the predetermined period the UE sends a request to reregister. The message prevents the UE from congesting the IMS network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Saqib Badar, Joel Arends, Khurram Ahmad Mirza, Marc Proctor
  • Publication number: 20240129806
    Abstract: A network may include a proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) of a communication network that is configured to determine, record, and report on call types of calls originating from user equipment associated with the communication network. In some cases, the P-CSCF may determine the call type based on radio access technology types reported by the originating user equipment and/or by a proxy control function associated with the call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Saqib Badar, A. Karl Corona
  • Publication number: 20240114593
    Abstract: Techniques for determining contact information for an anonymous device on a telecommunications network are described herein. The telecommunications network can implement a server to determine data representing a callback number or other subscriber information for a user equipment (UE) associated with an anonymous status. The server can generate a request for the data based on identifying an anonymous status associated with a message from the UE. The server can request the data from a gateway mobile location center (GMLC) of the telecommunications network using a Representational State Transfer (REST) interface. The server can establish a communication session for the UE by sending the callback number and/or the subscriber information to an emergency service center (e.g., to enable a Public Service Answering Point to communicate with the UE if the communication session is lost).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Thomas Ball, Hichem Zait, Joel Arends
  • Patent number: 11943836
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to providing service-based interfaces between network functions and a proxy call session control function for Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem services. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes retrieving, by a proxy call session control function, an address of an access and mobility management function from a unified data management function. The proxy call session control function is configured to communicate with the unified data management function directly via a first service-based interface. The method also includes retrieving, by the proxy call session control function, information from the access and mobility management function. The proxy call session control function is configured to communicate with the access and mobility management function directly via a second service-based interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Ball
  • Publication number: 20240073103
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that relate to adapting the SEPP as a Network Function (NF) under the 5G SBA are disclosed. In one example aspect, a system for wireless communication includes a first SEPP network function located at an edge of a first network, a first network repository function in communication with the SEPP network function, and a root SEPP discovery node in communication with the first network repository function and a second network repository function of a second network. The second network repository function of the second network is in communication with a second SEPP network function located at an edge of the second network. The root SEPP discovery node is configured to store information of different SEPP network functions that include the first and the second SEPP network functions available in different networks globally or regionally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond T. Ball
  • Patent number: 11864265
    Abstract: Solutions for providing a data traffic session with proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) restoration include: receiving an indication, by an application server (AS), that a user equipment (UE) registered with a first proxy node; receiving, by the AS, from a call session control function, a first indication that the first proxy node is unavailable; based on at least receiving the first indication that the first proxy node is unavailable, transmitting, by the AS, to a subscriber information node, a first message triggering proxy node restoration (e.g., over an N71 interface); receiving an indication, by the AS, that the UE is registered with a second proxy node different than the first proxy node; and based on at least receiving a session initiation message, establishing the data traffic session for the UE with the second proxy node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Saqib Badar, Shujaur Mufti, Joel Arends, Subramania Kaushik
  • Publication number: 20230362619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method to route a call from a roaming UE on a 5G network. The system receives from a UE belonging to a home network an indication of a call to a dialed number. The call requires information associated with the UE that is not available to the first wireless telecommunication network, because the UE is roaming on a visitor network. The indication of the call includes a unique identifier of the visitor network. The system can determine based on the unique identifier that the UE is roaming and send a request to the visitor network to provide instructions on how to route the received call. Upon obtaining the instructions on how to route the received call, the system routes the received call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Ball
  • Publication number: 20230337041
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a communication interface between control functions of a network core and a network data node associated with a user side packet core are discussed herein. The system can enable configuration information to be stored and dynamically updated by the network data node such that control nodes of the user side packet core requesting service from the network core are provided with up to date configuration information associated with active control functions. As control functions are activated and deactivated, the configuration information can be updated to reflect the current state of the network core and ensure that user device connects are routed to active control functions configured to provide user requested services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Joel Arends, Raymond Thomas Ball, Marc A. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20230327898
    Abstract: An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include assigning a group Internet protocol (IP) address to the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then determine which UEs in the multicast group are capable of sending and/or receiving multicast messages, and send multicast messages instead of unicast messages to these UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Rahul Amin, Joel Arends, Fadi Banna, Sheraz Dar, Zakir Hussain Syed
  • Patent number: 11751044
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method to route a call from a roaming UE on a 5G network. The system receives from a UE belonging to a home network an indication of a call to a dialed number. The call requires information associated with the UE that is not available to the first wireless telecommunication network, because the UE is roaming on a visitor network. The indication of the call includes a unique identifier of the visitor network. The system can determine based on the unique identifier that the UE is roaming and send a request to the visitor network to provide instructions on how to route the received call. Upon obtaining the instructions on how to route the received call, the system routes the received call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Ball
  • Publication number: 20230269576
    Abstract: An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route secure multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include creating a shared multicast group key (SMGK) for the multicast group and/or selecting a security algorithm for the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then distribute the SMGK and/or the selected security algorithm to the UEs such that the UEs can use the SMGK and/or the selected security algorithm to encrypt and/or decrypt messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Rahul Amin, Joel Arends, Fadi Banna, Sheraz Dar, Zakir Hussain Syed
  • Patent number: 11729656
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing a communication interface between control functions of a network core and a network data node associated with a user side packet core are discussed herein. The system can enable configuration information to be stored and dynamically updated by the network data node such that control nodes of the user side packet core requesting service from the network core are provided with up to date configuration information associated with active control functions. As control functions are activated and deactivated, the configuration information can be updated to reflect the current state of the network core and ensure that user device connects are routed to active control functions configured to provide user requested services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Joel Arends, Raymond Thomas Ball, Marc A Proctor
  • Publication number: 20230254693
    Abstract: A network may include an International Serials Data System (ISDS) that is configured to register and determine an identity of a receiving or originating user equipment (UE) that has a home network that operates using a different format or standard than the current network. The ISDS may be configured to generate transmissions on behalf of the UE for registration and identification for outgoing and incoming voice or text messages using the format of both networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Joel Arends, Saqib Badar, Sabuhi Kiran Zaifuddin, Raymond Thomas Ball, Shujaur Rehman Mufti
  • Patent number: 11700290
    Abstract: Techniques and systems for selectively implementing a silent retry procedure after a voice session has moved from a preferred IP-based system (e.g., 5GS) to a legacy IP-based system (e.g., EPS) are disclosed. The silent retry procedure may be implemented by a UE and/or by a TAS using one or more specific error codes and/or timeouts. In this manner, after a voice session has been redirected or handed over from a preferred system (e.g., 5GS) to a legacy system (e.g., EPS), and based on an issue arising that prevents the voice session from being successfully established thereafter, the UE or the TAS may reattempt to establish the voice session directly in the legacy system, instead of allowing the UE to transition back to the preferred system (e.g., 5GS) after a session failure in the legacy system, which increases the overall success rate of establishing voice sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin Fu Henry Chiang, Joel Arends
  • Publication number: 20230217235
    Abstract: Described herein are techniques, devices, and systems for using an application server (AS) to trigger home subscriber server (HSS)-based proxy call session control function (P-CSCF) restoration for a user equipment (UE) in order to restore service to the UE via an in-service P-CSCF node. For example, an AS is configured to receive, from a serving CSCF (S-CSCF) node, an indication that a P-CSCF node assigned to a UE is unavailable, and, in response, the AS is configured to send, to a HSS, a request to initiate P-CSCF restoration for the UE. In turn, the HSS or a Unified Data Management (UDM) node is configured to send, to a control node, an indication to perform the P-CSCF restoration for the UE. The disclosed AS-triggered, HSS-based P-CSCF restoration procedure restores service to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Saqib Badar, Subramania Kaushik, Nassereddine Sabeur, Shujaur Rehman Mufti, Joel Arends
  • Patent number: 11671818
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and system related to consistent and reliable local breakout for roaming devices are disclosed. In one example aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transmitting, by a user equipment that roams into a visited network, a request to a network node in the visited network to establish a connection using a first access technology. The method includes receiving, by the terminal device, a response from the network node. The response comprises an address of a gateway in the visited network. The gateway is configured to provide a secured tunnel to the terminal device for data transmissions using a second access technology. The method also includes initiating, by the terminal device, a connection with the gateway using the second access technology based on the address of the gateway, and performing, by the terminal device, data transmissions using the second access technology via the gateway in the visited network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Raymond Ball
  • Patent number: 11665537
    Abstract: An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route secure multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include creating a shared multicast group key (SMGK) for the multicast group and/or selecting a security algorithm for the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then distribute the SMGK and/or the selected security algorithm to the UEs such that the UEs can use the SMGK and/or the selected security algorithm to encrypt and/or decrypt messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Amin, Joel Arends, Fadi Banna, Sheraz Dar, Zakir Hussain Syed
  • Patent number: 11665011
    Abstract: An improved telecommunications network that can reduce the network load on a rich communication services (RCS) server and/or local routers that implement 1-to-N and/or M-to-N services is described herein. In particular, the improved telecommunications network may include an improved RCS server that can route multicast messages instead of and/or in addition to unicast messages. For example, the improved RCS server can create a multicast group for a group of UEs in response to a request from a UE to create a group of UEs. Creation of the multicast group may include assigning a group Internet protocol (IP) address to the multicast group. The improved RCS server can then determine which UEs in the multicast group are capable of sending and/or receiving multicast messages, and send multicast messages instead of unicast messages to these UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Amin, Joel Arends, Fadi Banna, Sheraz Dar, Zakir Hussain Syed
  • Patent number: 11659389
    Abstract: A network may include an International Serials Data System (ISDS) that is configured to register and determine an identity of a receiving or originating user equipment (UE) that has a home network that operates using a different format or standard than the current network. The ISDS may be configured to generate transmissions on behalf of the UE for registration and identification for outgoing and incoming voice or text messages using the format of both networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Nassereddine Sabeur, Joel Arends, Saqib Badar, Sabuhi Kiran Zaifuddin, Raymond Thomas Ball, Shujaur Rehman Mufti
  • Patent number: 11632405
    Abstract: Solutions for providing a data traffic session with proxy-call session control function (P-CSCF) restoration include: receiving an indication, by an application server (AS), that a user equipment (UE) is registered with a first proxy node (e.g., a P-CSCF); subscribing, by the AS, with a status repository, to a status of the first proxy node; receiving, by the AS, from the status repository, an indication that the first proxy node is unavailable; based on at least receiving the indication that the first proxy node is unavailable, transmitting, by the AS, to a subscriber information node, a first message triggering proxy node restoration; receiving an indication, by the AS, that the UE is registered with a second proxy node different than the first proxy node; and based on at least receiving a session initiation message, establishing the data traffic session for the UE with the second proxy node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel Arends, Nassereddine Sabeur, Shujaur Mufti, Subramania Kaushik, Saqib Badar