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US 10,484,307 B2Granted
Method of operating a network entity
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsJohanna Heinonen, Hannu Flinck, Tapio Sakari Partti, Jarmo Tapio Hillo
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Abstract
A method of operating a network entity of a network comprising a gateway (200) is provided, wherein the method comprises dynamically changing a GTP termination point (204, 227) in the gateway (200).
Claims18
A method of operating a network entity of a network comprising a gateway, the method comprising:
- dynamically changing a general packet radio service tunneling protocol (GTP) termination point in a user plane of the gateway from a cloud GTP termination point in the control plane to a physical GTP termination point in the user plane, or from the physical GTP termination point in the user plane to the cloud GTP termination point in the control plane,
- wherein the dynamic changing from the cloud GTP termination point in the control plane to the physical GTP termination point in the user plane, or from the physical GTP termination point in the user plane to the cloud GTP termination point in the control plane is initiated by exceeding a traffic volume threshold.
A network entity for a network comprising a gateway, the network entity comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing computer program code,
- wherein the memory and the program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the network entity at least to dynamically change a general packet radio service tunneling protocol (GTP) termination point in the gateway from a cloud GTP termination point in the control plane to a physical GTP termination point in the user plane, or from the physical GTP termination point in the user plane to the cloud GTP termination point in the control plane,
- wherein the dynamic changing from the cloud GTP termination point in the control plane to the physical GTP termination point in the user plane, or from the physical GTP termination point in the user plane to the cloud GTP termination point in the control plane is initiated by exceeding a traffic volume threshold.
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