Patents by Inventor Steve MENEAR

Steve MENEAR 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).

  • Network slice configuration
    Patent number: 12096514
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for network slice configuration. In one example aspect, a method in a network function in a network is disclosed. The network is a visited network for at least one User Equipment, UE. The network provides a network slice for the at least one UE, and the network function is a gateway for data communications for the at least one UE. The method includes obtaining an IP address for at least one service for the at least one UE, and providing the at least one service to the at least one UE according to a gateway configuration from a home network of the at least one UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Nipun Sharma, Rakesh Bajpai, Steve Menear, Tushar Sabharwal, Hans Eriksson, Rajiv Bhardwaj
  • FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE, AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREBY, FOR HANDLING SCALING OF A NETWORK SLICE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20230217362
    Abstract: A method, performed by a first node (111). The method is for handling scaling of a network slice in a communications network (100). The first node (111) operates in the communications network (100). The first node (111) obtains (203), from a second node (112) operating in the communications network (100), a request to scale a network slice. The first node (111) then determines (204) whether or not to scale the network slice. The determining (204) is based on a cost effectiveness of the network slice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Nipun SHARMA, Rakesh BAJPAI, Steve MENEAR, Tushar SABHARWAL, Hans ERIKSSON, Rajiv BHARDWAJ
  • NETWORK SLICE CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20220167145
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for network slice configuration. In one example aspect, a method in a network function in a network is disclosed. The network is a visited network for at least one User Equipment, UE. The network provides a network slice for the at least one UE, and the network function is a gateway for data communications for the at least one UE. The method includes obtaining an IP address for at least one service for the at least one UE, and providing the at least one service to the at least one UE according to a gateway configuration from a home network of the at least one UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Nipun SHARMA, Rakesh BAJPAI, Steve MENEAR, Tushar SABHARWAL, Hans ERIKSSON, Rajiv BHARDWAJ