Patent ID: 11956702
Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a wireless communication network to serve User Equipment (UEs) over a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Network Exposure Function (NEF), the method comprising:
a non-3GPP Interworking Function (IWF) receiving NEF Application Programming Interface (API) calls that have UE data from the UEs over non-3GPP access nodes;
the non-3GPP IWF transferring the NEF API calls that have the UE data to the 3GPP NEF;
the 3GPP NEF receiving the NEF API calls that have the UE data from the non-3GPP IWF;
the 3GPP NEF exposing the UE data to an Application Functions (AF) in response to the NEF API calls; and the AF transferring the UE data to an Application Server (AS) associated with the UEs.