Communications Network Architecture

    公开(公告)号:US20220386087A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17762271

    申请日:2019-10-25

    IPC分类号: H04W4/24 H04L12/14 H04W8/20

    摘要: A Policy Control Function, PCF, for use in a 5G core network, is configured to allow a consumer to retrieve from the PCF subscriber session information and Application Detection and Control rules relating to a subscriber session. Specifically, the PCF is configured to: receive (303) a request from a Session Management Function, SMF, for session management policies applying to the subscriber session; retrieve (305) policy data from a Unified Data Repository, UDR; and, based on the retrieved policy data, generate said Application Detection and Control rules relating to the subscriber session, and send (307) said Application Detection and Control rules to the TDF, thereby allowing the TDF to act as the consumer.

    Establishing a Packet Forwarding Control Protocol Session

    公开(公告)号:US20220247688A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17621865

    申请日:2019-09-26

    IPC分类号: H04L47/125 H04L45/0377

    摘要: There is provided a method performed by a session management function (SMF) node of a network for establishing a PFCP session. A plurality of service functions (SFs) are selected (102) to connect in a service function chain for handling the PFCP session. Each of the plurality of SFs is capable of activating a feature of the PFCP session and is supported by a user plane function (UPF) node. The selection is based on a load of each of the plurality of SFs. For each UPF node that supports one or more of the selected plurality of SFs, transmission of a request is initiated (104) to the UPF node to establish the PFCP session with the UPF node. The request comprises an indication of the one or more of the selected plurality of SFs that the UPF node supports.