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Google patents way to manage personal IoT networks on 5G

This filing describes a method for a 5G core network to handle requests from a smartphone acting as a gateway for a personal internet-of-things (IoT) network. It uses a specific identifier to distinguish between different data sessions that connect to the same network slice, allowing the network to manage multiple connections from a single device accurately.

Why it mattersIt improves how 5G networks handle complex connections from personal devices, ensuring that data from different IoT gadgets or apps on a phone is routed correctly without confusion.

In the filing’s own words

A core network (CN) receives, from a user equipment (UE) operating as a personal internet-of-things (IoT) network (PIN) element (PINE) with gateway capability (PEGC) to provide a direct connection between the UE and at least one PINE in a PIN, a request to establish or modify a first packet data unit (PDU) session associated with the PIN; and uses an identifier in the request that differentiates the first PDU session from a second PDU session to differentiate between the first PDU session and the second PDU session that is associated with a same data network and a same network slice as the first PDU session.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method implemented in a core network (CN), the method comprising: receiving, from a user equipment (UE) operating as a personal internet-of-things (IoT) network (PIN) element (PINE) with gateway capability (PEGC) to provide a direct connection between the UE and at least one PINE in a PIN, a request to establish or modify a first packet data unit (PDU) session associated with the PIN; and using an identifier in the request that differentiates the first PDU session from a second PDU session to differentiate between the first PDU session and the second PDU session that is associated with a same data network and a same network slice as the first PDU session.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
Method of Session Management for Personal IOT Network in a 5G System
Publication number
US20260282128A1
Application number
19473455
Filed
Apr 8, 2024
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

H04W 76/14 Electricity & electronicsH04L 65/1066 Electricity & electronicsH04W 40/02 Electricity & electronics
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