Patents by Inventor Sowmyanarayanan NARASIMHAN

Sowmyanarayanan NARASIMHAN 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).

  • Methods and nodes for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber
    Patent number: 11979517
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for granting network resources for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber in a network. A method is performed by a CTF node. The method includes obtaining, from a gateway in the network, a request for network resources for maintaining the communication session for the subscriber, and requesting, from an OCF node and in response thereto, credit units corresponding to the network resources. The method includes obtaining a grant of the credit units as well as an advance credit indication of additional credit units for the communication session from the OCF node. The method further includes storing the advance credit indication for the communication session and providing, to the gateway, a grant for the network resources for maintaining the communication session in accordance with the obtained grant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: JayaKrishnan Kizhakke Pullarappillil, Ann Soniya Johny, Srinivasa Babu Medanki, Sowmyanarayanan Narasimhan, Sujitha Navaneethakrishnan
  • METHODS AND NODES FOR MAINTAINING A COMMUNICATION SESSION FOR A SUBSCRIBER
    Publication number: 20220070303
    Abstract: There is provided mechanisms for granting network resources for maintaining a communication session for a subscriber in a network. A method is performed by a CTF node. The method includes obtaining, from a gateway in the network, a request for network resources for maintaining the communication session for the subscriber, and requesting, from an OCF node and in response thereto, credit units corresponding to the network resources. The method includes obtaining a grant of the credit units as well as an advance credit indication of additional credit units for the communication session from the OCF node. The method further includes storing the advance credit indication for the communication session and providing, to the gateway, a grant for the network resources for maintaining the communication session in accordance with the obtained grant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: JayaKrishnan KIZHAKKE PULLARAPPILLIL, Ann Soniya JOHNY, Srinivasa Babu MEDANKI, Sowmyanarayanan NARASIMHAN, Sujitha NAVANEETHAKRISHNAN