ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,188, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Interworking between fifth generation core (5GC) and evolved packet core (EPC) in wireless communication networks" was invented by Romil Kumar Sood (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments comprise a Fifth Generation (5G) visited wireless communication network to interwork with a Long Term Evolution (LTE) home network. In some examples, the 5G visited wireless communication network comprises an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) and an Interworking Function (IWF). The AMF receives a service request from a 5G c...