Chaining of network service functions in a communication network

    公开(公告)号:US10826835B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US15512173

    申请日:2014-09-19

    摘要: In an apparatus of a communication network first packets of a data flow in a first direction are acquired, each having a first service chain identifier identifying a first chain of services which have been applied to the first packets in the first direction of the data flow. The first service chain identifier represents a classification result of classification functions used for selecting the first chain of services. Based on the first service chain identifier, a packet filter is calculated, which is associated with a second chain of services to be applied to second packets of the data flow in a second direction of the data flow when the second packets enter the communication network in the second direction.

    Integrated services processing for mobile networks

    公开(公告)号:US10382226B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15553429

    申请日:2015-02-24

    IPC分类号: H04L12/46 H04W76/12 H04W88/08

    摘要: The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding integrated services processing for mobile networks. The method comprises associating, at the base station of a mobile packet network, a service port of a radio modem of user equipment in the mobile packet network with a user plane packet processing function, sending, by the base station, a service frame received from said service port to the user plane packet processing function of the base station, determining, by the base station, at least one destination tunnel end point out of a plurality of destination tunnel end points according to forwarding rules, and sending, by the base station, the service frame to the selected destination tunnel end point by encapsulating the service frame into a frame of a transport network underlay which is addressed to the destination tunnel end point, wherein the destination tunnel end point is associated with a physical or virtual interface on another radio modem of another user equipment in a mobile packet network or on a fixed network termination.