Methods and apparatus to migrate a mobile device from a first virtual private mobile network to a second virtual private mobile network to reduce latency

US10419992B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

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

Inventors

• Jacobus Van der Merwe · New Providence, US
• 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
• Arati Baliga · Panaji, IN
• Gang Xu · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 8, 2016
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2019
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W88/02
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus to migrate a mobile device from a first virtual private mobile network to a second virtual private mobile network are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor and a memory including instructions that cause the processor to perform operations including determining, based on a set of latency routing rules, that a communication transmitted via the first virtual private mobile network is a latency sensitive communication. In response to determining the communication is a latency sensitive communication, the mobile device that originated the latency sensitive communication is identified. The mobile device is communicating via the first virtual private mobile network. Example operations also include migrating the mobile device from the first virtual private mobile network to the second virtual private mobile network wherein the second virtual private mobile network is configured to reduce the latency of the latency sensitive communication.