ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,200, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, Finland).
"Communication system with virtual network mapping" was invented by Laurent Thiebaut (Antony, France) and Philippe Godin (Versailles, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a network apparatus comprising: means for storing a mapping, the mapping comprising an indication of a first virtual network and at least one other virtual network configured to provide a service at a lower quality than the first virtual network; means for receiving, from another network apparatus, a request to provide a service using the first virtual network; and mea...