Patent ID: 11943731
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A method of operation for a system comprising:
connecting a Wireline 5G Access Network (W-5GAN) to a Fixed Network Residential Gateway (FN-RG), wherein the W-5GAN comprises a Wireline Access Node (AN) and a 5G Fixed Mobile Interworking Function (FMIF);
connecting the FMIF to an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and to a User Plane Function (UPF) and to a 5G Fixed Mobile Interworking Function Database entity (FMIF-DB),
coupling the AN to the FN-RG;
receiving, by a provisioning service entity, a create user message from a network operator;
creating, by the provisioning service entity, a subscription for the FN-RG identity in a provisioning service entity;
issuing, by the provisioning service entity, a request to the FMIF-DB to setup and store a User Entity (UE) credential and configuration data for the FN-RG;
storing, by the FMIF-DB, the UE credentials for providing an identity of the FN-RG as a UE;
storing, by the FMIF-DB, the UE configuration data for the FN-RG;
receiving, by the FMIF-DB, a circuit identity (ID) request message from the FMIF in response to the FMIF receiving a circuit ID discovery message from the AN; and
responding, by the FMIF-DB, to the FMIF with the circuit ID.