Patent ID: 8989719
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device and from an application server, a message destined for a user equipment; reformatting, by the device, the message into a non-access stratum (NAS) transparent message, wherein the NAS transparent message includes a flag to indicate a nature of the NAS transparent message and an application of the user equipment to which the NAS transparent message is directed; providing, by the device and to a home subscriber server, a query for an identification of a mobility management entity serving the user equipment; receiving, by the device and from the home subscriber server, the identification of the mobility management entity serving the user equipment; and providing, by the device, the NAS transparent message to the identified mobility management entity, where the mobility management entity forwards the NAS transparent message to the user equipment.