Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selecting a user plane function based on a device type received by a session management function
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Application No.: US17062794Application Date: 2020-10-05
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Publication No.: US11588656B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Weihua Qiao , Esmael Dinan , Kyungmin Park , Peyman Talebi Fard
- Applicant: Ofinno, LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Reston
- Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Reston
- Agent Sachin Kandhari; Kavon Nasabzadeh; Philip R. Smith
- Main IPC: H04L12/14
- IPC: H04L12/14 ; H04W72/04 ; B60L53/30 ; H04W8/02 ; H04W76/10 ; H04W4/24 ; H04M15/00

Abstract:
A session management function (SMF) receives, from an access and mobility management function (AMF): a request to establish at least one packet data unit (PDU) session for a wireless device; and a device type of the wireless device. The SMF sends to a policy control function: a request for at least one charging policy for the at least one PDU session; and the device type received by the SMF from the AMF. The SMF receives, from the policy control function, the at least one charging policy determined based on the device type. The SMF selects a user plane function based on the device type received by the SMF from the AMF. The SMF sends, to the user plane function, reporting rules based on the at least one charging policy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210021437A1 Selecting a User Plane Function Based on a Device Type Received by a Session Management Function Public/Granted day:2021-01-21
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