OVERLAY FROM ON-PREMISES ROUTER TO CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER ENVIRONMENT FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK FUNCTIONS (NFS) TO HANDLE MULTIPLE VIRTUAL ROUTING AND FORWARDING (VRF) PROTOCOLS, AND ESTABLISH VIRTUAL GATEWAY PROTOCOL (VGP) BETWEEN VIRTUAL ROUTER AND NETWORK FUNCTION (NF) - Patent 4508823

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EP 4 508 823 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.02.2025 Bulletin 2025/08

(21)	Application number: 23723709.4

(22)	Date of filing: 13.04.2023

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04L 45/76^(2022.01)

H04W 40/02^(2009.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	H04W 40/02; H04L 45/76

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2023/018468

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2023/200937 (19.10.2023 Gazette 2023/42)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

14.04.2022 US 202263331172 P
14.04.2022 US 202263331174 P
03.04.2023 US 202318295017
03.04.2023 US 202318295024

(71)	Applicant: Dish Wireless L.L.C.
	Englewood, Colorado 80112 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TRUJILLO, Andrew Littleton, Colorado 80129 (US) KHAMAS, Ash Goffstown, New Hampshire 03045 (US) GOSWAMI, Sundeep Leesburg, Virginia 20175 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beck Greener LLP
	Fulwood House 12 Fulwood Place London WC1V 6HR London WC1V 6HR (GB)

(54)	OVERLAY FROM ON-PREMISES ROUTER TO CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDER ENVIRONMENT FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK FUNCTIONS (NFS) TO HANDLE MULTIPLE VIRTUAL ROUTING AND FORWARDING (VRF) PROTOCOLS, AND ESTABLISH VIRTUAL GATEWAY PROTOCOL (VGP) BETWEEN VIRTUAL ROUTER AND NETWORK FUNCTION (NF)