Patent ID: 11924925
Assignee: PARALLEL WIRELESS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method of operating A 5G enhanced HetNet Gateway (HNG), comprising:
providing at least one non-5G virtual network function (VNF) for providing 2G, 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi core network functionality;
providing a 5G Core (5GC) option selection VNF;
providing a 5GC access and mobility management function (AMF) VNF;
a 5G local breakout VNF;
providing at least one interface for an any G base station;
providing at least one interface for a 4G Evolved Packet Core (EPC); and
virtualizing and interworking the EPC to the base station, and
internally processing signaling traffic from a core to reduce load on the core.