Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks for security

US10069799B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Arati Baliga · Panaji, IN
• Xu Chen · Ann Arbor, US
• Baris Coskun · Glen Rock, US
• Gustavo de los Reyes · Fair Haven, US
• Seungjoon Lee · Suwon-si, KR
• Suhas Mathur · Piscataway, US
• Jacobus Van der Merwe · New Providence, US
• Gang Xu · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 27, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W12/086
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks are disclosed. Example methods include provisioning a virtual private mobile network within a wireless network, and, after provisioning the virtual private mobile network, determining whether a first communication from a user equipment matches a security event profile. When the first communication matches the profile, the example methods include transmitting, from the wireless network via a first base transceiver station, an instruction to cause the user equipment to be communicatively coupled to the virtual private mobile network. The example methods further include instructing the user equipment to transmit a second communication through a second base transceiver station that is physically separate from the first base transceiver station and through the virtual private mobile network. In the example methods, the virtual private mobile network is isolated in a wireless spectrum from other portions of the network.