Patents by Inventor Tapio Antero KIVIHARJU

Tapio Antero KIVIHARJU 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).

  • Subscriber-specific tracing in communications
    Patent number: 9450768
    Abstract: A method for subscriber tracing comprises capturing user plane packets in a network apparatus implementing a 3GPP policy and charging enforcement functionality PCEF. Packet-specific metadata is added to a captured user plane packet. The packet-specific metadata may be used for facilitating subscriber-specific troubleshooting of core network elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Jani Olavi Soderlund, Juha Pekka Hyttinen, Jyrki Olavi Nousiainen, Tapio Antero Kiviharju, Niko Markus Savolainen
  • SUBSCRIBER-SPECIFIC TRACING IN COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20150071129
    Abstract: A method for subscriber tracing comprises capturing user plane packets in a network apparatus implementing a 3GPP policy and charging enforcement functionality PCEF. Packet-specific metadata is added to a captured user plane packet. The packet-specific metadata may be used for facilitating subscriber-specific troubleshooting of core network elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jani Olavi SODERLUND, Juha Pekka HYTTINEN, Jyrki Olavi NOUSIAINEN, Tapio Antero KIVIHARJU, Niko Markus SAVOLAINEN