公开(公告)号：US20220159496A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17097879

申请日：2020-11-13

Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

Inventor： David Midkiff ,  Douglas Eng

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04W88/10 ,  H04W8/06 ,  H04W8/04

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method that includes providing, by a processing system including a processor, a controller function for a user plane function (UPF) of a communication network; the controller function facilitates automated procedures for authentication, deployment, configuration, testing, and/or controlling availability of the UPF, independent of a source of the UPF. The method also includes providing, by the processing system, an interface to facilitate communication between the controller function and the UPF; the controller function uses the interface to facilitate the procedures. Other embodiments are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10992711B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US15486711

申请日：2017-04-13

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Qingmin Hu ,  Douglas Eng

IPC: G06F21/31 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W4/38 ,  H04W12/00 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W4/70

Abstract: A network aware data driven Internet of things (IoT) service engine is presented herein. A method can comprise receiving a policy rule from a network device of respective network devices—the policy rule corresponding to a sensor of a group of sensors that have been configured to transmit information of respective services to the respective network devices using an Internet protocol, and the policy rule defining an action to be performed by the system in response to a behavior of the sensor being determined to satisfy a defined condition specified by the policy rule with respect to a service of the respective services; based on the policy rule, monitoring the behavior of the sensor; and in response to determining that the behavior of the sensor satisfies the defined condition, performing the action on behalf of the network device.

公开(公告)号：US20180302440A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15486711

申请日：2017-04-13

Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.

Inventor： Qingmin Hu ,  Douglas Eng

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/24

Abstract: A network aware data driven Internet of things (IoT) service engine is presented herein. A method can comprise receiving a policy rule from a network device of respective network devices—the policy rule corresponding to a sensor of a group of sensors that have been configured to transmit information of respective services to the respective network devices using an Internet protocol, and the policy rule defining an action to be performed by the system in response to a behavior of the sensor being determined to satisfy a defined condition specified by the policy rule with respect to a service of the respective services; based on the policy rule, monitoring the behavior of the sensor; and in response to determining that the behavior of the sensor satisfies the defined condition, performing the action on behalf of the network device.