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公开(公告)号:US20220417726A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-29
申请号:US17358193
申请日:2021-06-25
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vimal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju , Anal Srivastava , Srinath Gundavelli
Abstract: A first access and mobility management function (AMF) in a network receives, from user equipment (UE), a registration request listing a first network slice and a second network slice. Upon determining that the first AMF supports the first, but not the second, network slice, the first AMF causes selection of (i) the first AMF as a session and mobility management (SM)-AMF to perform mobility management, and first session management signaling for the first network slice; and (ii) a second AMF as a session management only (SO)-AMF to perform only second session management signaling for the second network slice. The first AMF, acting as SM-AMF, performs the first session management signaling for a first data session on the first network slice, while the second AMF, acting as SO-AMF, performs only the second session management signaling for a second data session on the second network slice.
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公开(公告)号:US20230143182A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-11
申请号:US17521280
申请日:2021-11-08
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju
CPC classification number: H04W36/0072 , H04W36/08
Abstract: A target Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) switches the path for network traffic to a User Equipment (UE) in an inter-AMF mobility event. The target AMF obtains a path switch request from a target next generation Node B (gNB). The path switch request includes a UE identifier and a source AMF identifier. The target AMF compares the source AMF identifier with a target AMF identifier, and responsive to a determination that the source AMF identifier is different than the target AMF identifier, the target AMF provides a UE context transfer request to the source AMF. The target AMF obtains the UE context from the source AMF and processes the path switch request to update a core network path for a session of the UE. The target AMF also provides a path switch response to the target gNB.
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公开(公告)号:US20210160743A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-27
申请号:US16691936
申请日:2019-11-22
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Rajesh S. Pazhyannur , Shailender Potharaju , Anal Srivastava
Abstract: A radio access network (RAN) of a neutral host network (NHN) provides communications in a plurality of small cells, and is a shared resource with shared access by a plurality of mobile network operators (MNOs) via a multi-operator core network (MOCN). A base station maintains a neighbor list of small cell frequencies of neighboring small cells of a small cell, and broadcasts, to a user equipment (UE), a system information message which includes the neighbor list. The base station additionally maintains a plurality of operator-specific neighbor lists of one or more macro-cell frequencies of one or more neighboring macro-cells, where each such list is associated with a respective one of a plurality of macro-cellular networks of the MNOs. The base station transmits, to the UE, a message including a selected one of the operator-specific neighbor lists associated with an identified one of the mobile network operators of the UE.
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公开(公告)号:US20240031879A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18480488
申请日:2023-10-03
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju
CPC classification number: H04W36/0033 , H04W36/08 , H04W60/00 , H04W60/06 , H04W68/005
Abstract: A method is provided for avoiding context transfers by a first Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) connected to a first gNB to a second AMF when a user equipment (UE) in idle mode moves from the first gNB to a second gNB. The method may include provisioning the first AMF and the second AMF with the same tracking area identity (TAI), the first AMF and the second AMF s being connected to a respective enterprise gNB. The method may also include configuring the 5G packet core network comprising a session management function (SMF) in communications with the first AMF and the second AMF, to avoid transferring a UE context from the first AMF to the second AMF when the user equipment (UE) in the idle mode moves from a first AMF to the second AMF. The UE context remains with the first AMF.
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公开(公告)号:US20230156532A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-18
申请号:US17529351
申请日:2021-11-18
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju
CPC classification number: H04W36/0033 , H04W36/08 , H04W68/005 , H04W60/00 , H04W60/06
Abstract: A method is provided for avoiding context transfers by a first Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) connected to a first gNB to a second AMF when a user equipment (UE) in idle mode moves from the first gNB to a second gNB. The method may include provisioning the first AMF and the second AMF with the same tracking area identity (TAI), the first AMF and the second AMF s being connected to a respective enterprise gNB. The method may also include configuring the 5G packet core network comprising a session management function (SMF) in communications with the first AMF and the second AMF, to avoid transferring a UE context from the first AMF to the second AMF when the user equipment (UE) in the idle mode moves from a first AMF to the second AMF. The UE context remains with the first AMF.
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公开(公告)号:US11483750B1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US17224621
申请日:2021-04-07
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Srinath Gundavelli , Oliver James Bull , Vimal Srivastava
Abstract: An enterprise private network includes a simplified Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core architecture for interworking between an Evolved Packet System (EPS) and a Fifth Generation (5G) system (5GS). The architecture includes an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) control plane (CP) (EPC CP) unit and a 5G core (5GC) CP (5GC CP) unit. The 5GC CP unit receives, from the EPC CP unit via an N26 interface, a message indicating a forward relocation request responsive to an indication of a handover of a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection at a user plane node from the EPS to the 5GS. The 5GC CP node establishes a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session corresponding to the PDN connection based on PDN connection information in the message, which includes establishing a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow corresponding to an EPS bearer, and manages the PDU session at the user plane node.
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公开(公告)号:US20220330122A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-13
申请号:US17224621
申请日:2021-04-07
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Srinath Gundavelli , Oliver James Bull , Vimal Srivastava
Abstract: An enterprise private network includes a simplified Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) core architecture for interworking between an Evolved Packet System (EPS) and a Fifth Generation (5G) system (5GS). The architecture includes an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) control plane (CP) (EPC CP) unit and a 5G core (5GC) CP (5GC CP) unit. The 5GC CP unit receives, from the EPC CP unit via an N26 interface, a message indicating a forward relocation request responsive to an indication of a handover of a Packet Data Network (PDN) connection at a user plane node from the EPS to the 5GS. The 5GC CP node establishes a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session corresponding to the PDN connection based on PDN connection information in the message, which includes establishing a Quality of Service (QoS) Flow corresponding to an EPS bearer, and manages the PDU session at the user plane node.
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公开(公告)号:US12069519B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-20
申请号:US18480488
申请日:2023-10-03
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju
CPC classification number: H04W36/0033 , H04W36/08 , H04W60/00 , H04W60/06 , H04W68/005
Abstract: A method is provided for avoiding context transfers by a first Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) connected to a first gNB to a second AMF when a user equipment (UE) in idle mode moves from the first gNB to a second gNB. The method may include provisioning the first AMF and the second AMF with the same tracking area identity (TAI), the first AMF and the second AMF s being connected to a respective enterprise gNB. The method may also include configuring the 5G packet core network comprising a session management function (SMF) in communications with the first AMF and the second AMF, to avoid transferring a UE context from the first AMF to the second AMF when the user equipment (UE) in the idle mode moves from a first AMF to the second AMF. The UE context remains with the first AMF.
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公开(公告)号:US11825361B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17521280
申请日:2021-11-08
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Anal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju
CPC classification number: H04W36/0072 , H04W36/08
Abstract: A target Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) switches the path for network traffic to a User Equipment (UE) in an inter-AMF mobility event. The target AMF obtains a path switch request from a target next generation Node B (gNB). The path switch request includes a UE identifier and a source AMF identifier. The target AMF compares the source AMF identifier with a target AMF identifier, and responsive to a determination that the source AMF identifier is different than the target AMF identifier, the target AMF provides a UE context transfer request to the source AMF. The target AMF obtains the UE context from the source AMF and processes the path switch request to update a core network path for a session of the UE. The target AMF also provides a path switch response to the target gNB.
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公开(公告)号:US11800346B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17358193
申请日:2021-06-25
Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Vimal Srivastava , Sangram Kishore Lakkaraju , Anal Srivastava , Srinath Gundavelli
Abstract: A first access and mobility management function (AMF) in a network receives, from user equipment (UE), a registration request listing a first network slice and a second network slice. Upon determining that the first AMF supports the first, but not the second, network slice, the first AMF causes selection of (i) the first AMF as a session and mobility management (SM)-AMF to perform mobility management, and first session management signaling for the first network slice; and (ii) a second AMF as a session management only (SO)-AMF to perform only second session management signaling for the second network slice. The first AMF, acting as SM-AMF, performs the first session management signaling for a first data session on the first network slice, while the second AMF, acting as SO-AMF, performs only the second session management signaling for a second data session on the second network slice.
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