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- Patent Title: Handling QoS mobility and dual connectivity in NR
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Application No.: US16969632Application Date: 2019-02-13
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Publication No.: US11252774B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Nianshan Shi , Alexander Vesely
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/IB2019/051172 WO 20190213
- International Announcement: WO2019/159082 WO 20190822
- Main IPC: H04W76/22
- IPC: H04W76/22 ; H04W76/12 ; H04W8/08 ; H04W28/02 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W84/18

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided herein for handling Quality of Service (QoS) mobility and dual connectivity. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node in a cellular communications network includes deciding to split an existing Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session that includes a current uplink tunnel information; and setting up resources for the split PDU session. In this way, it may be possible to support QoS mobility in the different tunnel during dual connectivity. In some embodiments, the network node is a Master Next Generation—Radio Access Network (NG-RAN) node, and setting up resources for the split PDU session includes sending an S-Node Addition/Modification Request including the current uplink tunnel information for the split PDU session to a Secondary NG-RAN node in the cellular communications network; and receiving a newly added additional downlink tunnel information from the Secondary NG-RAN node.
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