ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,941, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to T-Mobile USA Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Secure tunnel as a service for 5G networks" was invented by Marouane Balmakhtar (Alexandria, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus establishes a secure tunnel within a non-3GPP network to connect to a 5G core network (5GCN) via a non-3GPP Interworking Function (N3IWF) service of the 5GCN. The apparatus lacks subscriber identity module (SIM) capability and eSIM capability. The non-3GPP network connects to the 5GCN using a backhaul network that lacks a radio access network (RAN). The apparatus includes a connectivity stack that configures the appara...