公开(公告)号：US20210092788A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17111944

申请日：2020-12-04

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Sudhakar Reddy Patil ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Lalit R. Kotecha

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W60/00

Abstract: A method for controlling bearers in a core network includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE) device, a request for access to network resources, where the core network is coupled with a primary radio access technology (RAT) and a secondary RAT. The method includes determining an access point name (APN) RAT access restriction in response to the received request, where the APN RAT access restriction associates an APN with a corresponding RAT, where the corresponding RAT comprises at least one of the primary RAT or the secondary RAT. The method also includes assigning a radio bearer based on the determined APN RAT access restriction, wherein the assigned radio bearer exchanges data via the corresponding RAT; and identifying, to a master node, the assigned radio bearer for exchanging data between the UE device and a device specified by the APN via the corresponding RAT.

公开(公告)号：US10798562B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-06

申请号：US15988250

申请日：2018-05-24

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Sudhakar Reddy Patil ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Glenda T. Baloto

IPC: H04W8/24 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein enable differentiated policy enforcement for dual connectivity split bearer scenarios. A wireless station receives, from a core network associated with the wireless station, downlink packets directed to an end device that is using a dual-connectivity split bearer. The wireless station directs delivery of the downlink packets over different radio access networks (RANs) of the dual-connectivity split bearer. The wireless station logs a radio access technology (RAT)-type used to deliver each of the downlink packets and sends, based on the logging, a downlink RAT-type feedback report to a network device in the core network. The wireless station receives uplink packets from the end device using the dual-connectivity split bearer, marks each of the uplink packets with a RAT-type indicator, and forwards the marked packets to the network device in the core network.

公开(公告)号：US10609530B1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US16366708

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Sudhakar Reddy Patil ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Hossein M. Ahmadi

IPC: H04W4/50 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W24/04 ,  G06F8/65 ,  H04W84/04

Abstract: A system includes an updated network function and a consumer network function. The updated network function includes a recent update and is configured to register at a Network Repository Function (NRF) using a Network Function (profile (NF profile). The NF profile indicates a network function type (NF type) and a first priority associated with the update. The consumer network function is configured to: receive a message from a network component; determine to engage a service of a network function of the NF type based on the message; determine a desired priority for the service; and send a discovery request to the NRF in response to the message; receive a search result from the NRF in response to the discovery request. The search result has a list of candidate network functions of the NF type.

公开(公告)号：US20250088898A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18956145

申请日：2024-11-22

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Hossein M. Ahmadi ,  Sudhakar Reddy Patil

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04L41/0896 ,  H04L47/2475 ,  H04W8/04 ,  H04W28/084

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an application-aware scheduling service is provided. The application-aware scheduling service may be configured with bandwidth values and usability values for traffic of applications. The application-aware scheduling service may manage air interface scheduling based on the bandwidth and usability values. The application-aware scheduling service may perform packet inspection to identify an application relating to traffic. The application-aware scheduling service may be configured with a maximum bandwidth for traffic of applications.

公开(公告)号：US20240380665A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18784406

申请日：2024-07-25

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Violeta Cakulev ,  Lixia Yan ,  Shanthala Kuravangi-Thammaiah ,  Lalit R. Kotecha

IPC: H04L41/0894 ,  H04L12/14 ,  H04L67/14

Abstract: A system described herein may receive a first request to establish, modify, or remove a plurality of communication sessions between a User Equipment (“UE”) and a network. The system may output, to a policy element of the network (e.g., a Policy Control Function (“PCF”) or a Policy Charging and Rules Function (“PCRF”)), a second request for policies associated with the UE and the plurality of communication sessions, where the second request includes a plurality of communication session identifiers that are each associated with a particular one of the plurality of communication sessions. The system may receive and enforce the requested policy information when establishing, modifying, or removing the requested plurality of communication sessions based on the received particular policy information. The system may communicate with the policy element via an enhanced interface, such as an enhanced N7 interface or an enhanced Npcf interface.

公开(公告)号：US12075258B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US17538702

申请日：2021-11-30

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Sudhakar Reddy Patil ,  Deepa Jagannatha ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Raquel Morera Sempere ,  Lily Zhu

IPC: H04W16/10 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W88/16

CPC classification number: H04W16/10 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W88/16

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an inter-RAT PDN connection management service is provided. The service may include provisioning a packet data network (PDN) session based on network slice (NS) and access point name (APN) information received from an end device via a non-slice radio access device. The service may further include provisioning, during the PDU session, a network slice based on the NS and APN information in which core devices of the network slice are selected and the same as the core devices that supported the PSN session.

公开(公告)号：US20240098146A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US17933496

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Robert Avanes ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Hossein M. Ahmadi ,  Jerry Steben ,  Lalit R. Kotecha ,  Ali Imdad Malik

IPC: H04L67/14

CPC classification number: H04L67/14

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide binding support function (BSF) service registration and discovery for environments using oversubscribed network addresses. A network device in a core network receives a registration request from a binding support device. The registration request includes a binding group identifier associated with the binding support device. The network device stores, based on the registration request, a profile for the binding support device that includes the binding group identifier and receives, from a policy control device, a discovery request for a that includes a unique identifier of user equipment (UE) device. The network device provides, to the policy control device, a response to the discovery request that identifies the binding support device.

公开(公告)号：US11902128B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17696944

申请日：2022-03-17

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Violeta Cakulev ,  Sudhakar Reddy Patil ,  Yousef Abdelmalek

IPC: H04L43/0817 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/302 ,  H04L43/062

CPC classification number: H04L43/0817 ,  H04L43/062 ,  H04L45/302 ,  H04L45/38

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein allow mobile network operators to provide an adaptive quality of service (QoS) approach for application providers. A network device in a core network receives a QoS monitoring report based on QoS monitoring by an access station. The QoS monitoring report includes data for QoS parameters for network services in a default QoS flow supporting a protocol data unit (PDU) session. Based on the QoS monitoring report, the network device determines if the default QoS flow supports a required service level for the PDU session. When the network device determines that the default QoS flow does not support the required service level for the PDU session, the network device automatically activates a dedicated QoS flow to support the PDU session with the required service level.

公开(公告)号：US11895537B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17302713

申请日：2021-05-11

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Sudhakar Reddy Patil ,  Jignesh S. Panchal ,  Maqbool Chauhan ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Vishwanath Ramamurthi

IPC: H04W28/10 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W76/10

CPC classification number: H04W28/10 ,  H04W28/0268 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: A network device may select a first user plane function for establishing, with a user equipment, a protocol data unit session with a single flow and may receive an application function trigger associated with a first new flow for a first application of the user equipment. The network device may select a second user plane function for the first new flow and may create a first traffic filter for the first new flow. The network device may cause the first traffic filter to be provided to the user equipment so that first application traffic is routed, based on the first traffic filter, to the second user plane function and a first multi-access edge computing device associated with the second user plane function.

公开(公告)号：US20230403583A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-14

申请号：US17835007

申请日：2022-06-08

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Lixia Yan ,  Ye Huang ,  Violeta Cakulev ,  Ali Imdad Malik ,  Lalit R. Kotecha

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/20

CPC classification number: H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an event reporting service. The event reporting service may enable network devices, such as an application function, to subscribe to usage reporting in which notifications for a usage event may be reported periodically or non-singularly. The event reporting service may include data instances in messages exchanged between core network devices that configures the usage and event notification.