Patent ID: 9191827
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An edge entity disposed at an edge of a wireless communication network for detecting mobility of wireless communication devices, the edge entity comprising: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a local device location manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the local device location manager is configured to perform a method comprising: analyzing one or more Internet Protocol (IP) data packets associated with a wireless communication device, wherein the one or more IP data packets being transmitted from the wireless communication device through a core Internet Protocol network to at least one information processing system comprising data requested by the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is coupled with the edge entity, and where the core Internet Protocol network comprises a public network and couples the at least one information processing system to the wireless communication network, wherein the analyzing comprises identifying at least one of a source address, a destination address, and a unique identifier associated with the wireless communication device; determining, based on the analyzing and data within the one or more IP data packets, that the wireless communication device is a newly coupled device at the edge entity, wherein the determining comprises: