OPTIMIZED SELECTION OF USER PLANE NODE IN CUPS BASED 5G NSA OR EPC NETWORKS DURING UE RELOCATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220095420A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:US17030783

    申请日:2020-09-24

    Abstract: A method is performed by a mobility management entity (MME) in a network. Responsive to a session request from user equipment (UE), the MME initiates a session request procedure that includes: selecting a control plane serving gateway (SGW) and a user plane packet data network gateway (PGW) to establish a session for the UE; and receiving from the control plane SGW a session response to the session request, the session response including an identifier of the user plane PGW. After the session is established, responsive to a relocation request from the UE, the MME initiates a relocation procedure that includes: selecting a new control plane SGW; and sending to the new control plane SGW a new session request with the identifier of the user plane PGW, to cause the new control plane SGW to perform selecting the user plane PGW for the session in the relocation procedure.

    POLICY ENFORCEMENT IN A 3GPP ENVIRONMENT WHILE ENSURING CONGESTION AVOIDANCE ON USER PLANE FUNCTION NORTHBOUND INTERFACES

    公开(公告)号:US20230362729A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18356703

    申请日:2023-07-21

    CPC classification number: H04W28/0925 H04W28/0289

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing differential treatment to user traffic involving optimized reporting of start and stop traffic. The systems and method can include detecting, at a user plane function, an initiation of a type of traffic being performed at the user plane function, providing, by the user plane function, a start event trigger of the type of traffic detected by the user plane function to a session management function, and receiving, at the user plane function, a policy associated with the type of traffic from the session management function, the policy including instructions preventing submissions of subsequent event triggers to the session management function until an end of the type of traffic, the subsequent event triggers being associated with the type of traffic detected by the user plane function.

    Optimized selection of user plane node in cups based 5G NSA or EPC networks during UE relocation

    公开(公告)号:US11317472B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-26

    申请号:US17030783

    申请日:2020-09-24

    Abstract: A method is performed by a mobility management entity (MME) in a network. Responsive to a session request from user equipment (UE), the MME initiates a session request procedure that includes: selecting a control plane serving gateway (SGW) and a user plane packet data network gateway (PGW) to establish a session for the UE; and receiving from the control plane SGW a session response to the session request, the session response including an identifier of the user plane PGW. After the session is established, responsive to a relocation request from the UE, the MME initiates a relocation procedure that includes: selecting a new control plane SGW; and sending to the new control plane SGW a new session request with the identifier of the user plane PGW, to cause the new control plane SGW to perform selecting the user plane PGW for the session in the relocation procedure.

    User plane group
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10951478B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-16

    申请号:US16172013

    申请日:2018-10-26

    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein provide a method for grouping user planes in 4G/5G packet cores to simplify user plane discovery and registration. In some embodiments the method includes detecting a plurality of User Planes (UPs), grouping a first subset of the UPs into a first UP group, in which each UP in the first UP group is associated with a first set of features, and allocating the first UP group to a first network service based on the first set of features associated with the first UP group and a first set of requirements of the first network service. The method further includes grouping a second subset of the plurality of UPs into a second UP group, in which each of the second UP group is associated with a second set of features and allocating the second UP group to a second network service of a plurality of network services.

    Session and service/flow continuity

    公开(公告)号:US11418600B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US17121954

    申请日:2020-12-15

    Abstract: A Session Management Function (SMF) provides session and service continuity for a User Equipment (UE) transitioning between User Plane Functions (UPFs). The SMF establishes a first session between the first UPF and the UE using a first network address. The SMF determines that the UE transitions to the second UPF and establishes a second session between the second UPF and the UE using a second network address for new flows on the second session. The SMF queries the first UPF to determine any ongoing flows in the first session. The first UPF forwards packets in the ongoing flow(s) to the UE via the second UPF. The second UPF forwards packets in the ongoing flow(s) to the first UPF with the first network address. The SMF directs the second UPF to replace the first network address with the second network address in packets of a new flow for the UE.

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