Methods and Apparatus for Service Assurance for Time-Restricted Short-Lived Networks

    公开(公告)号:US20240023013A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-18

    申请号:US18474277

    申请日:2023-09-26

    CPC classification number: H04W48/18

    Abstract: A UE may receive active service time information from a network having business relationship with a home network of the UE. The network may be a short-lived network that is created on-demand and lasts for a period of time. The active service time information may indicate an expiration time of operation of the network or a service provided by the network. The UE may determine whether to select the network for access based on the active service time information and a network selection policy that includes a requirement related to network active service time. The UE may select the network, and access the network according to the active service time information.

    Methods and Apparatus for Session Steering to Application Servers

    公开(公告)号:US20230096469A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17981068

    申请日:2022-11-04

    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a control plane (CP) from an application function (AF), a traffic influence routing rule comprising a service address representing a destination address of a route to an application server, the traffic influence routing rule specifying a breakout rule for packets of a communicating device addressed to the application server; storing, by the CP, the traffic influence routing rule in a policy control function (PCF); and generating, by the CP, a traffic filter for packets of at least one traffic flow associated with the communicating device, the traffic filter directing packets of the at least one traffic flow that are addressed to the application server to the service address, the traffic filter being generated in accordance with the traffic influence routing rule.

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