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- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for establishing a group session in a mobile network for subscribers associated with a group
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Application No.: US15823361Application Date: 2017-11-27
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Publication No.: US10791431B2Publication Date: 2020-09-29
- Inventor: Konstantin Livanos , Ian McDowell Campbell , Malgorzata Kaczmarska-Wojtania
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: H04W4/08
- IPC: H04W4/08 ; H04W76/12 ; H04W48/00 ; H04W76/40 ; H04W8/04 ; H04W8/18 ; H04W60/04 ; H04W4/70

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for use in establishing a group session in a mobile network for subscribers associated with a group are described. In one illustrative example, an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity receives, from a user equipment (UE), a request for registration which includes network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI). The NSSAI includes a group identifier associated with a group of subscribers. The AMF entity sends, to a unified data management (UDM) entity, a request for subscriber data which includes the group identifier. The AMF entity receives, from the UDM, a response to the request for subscriber data which includes a plurality of subscriber identifiers corresponding to the subscribers of the group. For a group session, the AMF entity creates a context associated with the group identifier and stores the context locally.
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