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US 11,310,677 B2Granted
Method for selecting packet processing function and device therefor
AssigneeSK Telecom Co., Ltd.
InventorDongjin Lee
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Abstract
The present disclosure in some embodiments relates to a method of selecting a packet processing function and an apparatus therefor, which select a packet processing device that can maximize data transmission efficiency based on state information of a communication interface formed between the packet processing device and a control plane device and thereby providing a constant high-quality network service.
Claims10
A network entity device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions thereon, the instructions when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
- collect, in real-time, state information of a communication interface formed between a control plane device and each of one or more packet processing devices in a wireless communication network, the control plane device separate from a user plane device and implementing at least one of an access and mobility function (AMF) associated with mobility management, a session management function (SMF) associated with session management or network functions (NFs) associated with sharing network-related information with an external management plane;
- determine signal quality of the communication interface for each of the packet processing devices based on the state information, the determined signal quality indicative of transmission efficiency of each of the packet processing devices with respect to the control plane device;
- select any one of the packet processing devices having a highest transmission efficiency with respect to the control plane device;
- and
- output selection information of a selection of the one packet processing device.
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A method performed by a network entity device for selecting one of packet processing devices, the method comprising:
- collecting, in real-time, state information of a communication interface formed between a control plane device and each of one or more packet processing devices in a wireless communication network, the control plane device separate from a user plane device and implementing at least one of an access and mobility function (AMF) associated with mobility management, a session management function (SMF) associated with session management or network functions (NFs) associated with sharing network-related information with an external management plane;
- determining signal quality of the communication interface for each of the packet processing devices based on the state information, the determined signal quality indicative of transmission efficiency of each of the packet processing devices with respect to the control plane device;
- selecting any one of the packet processing devices having a highest transmission efficiency with respect to the control plane device;
- and
- outputting selection information of a selection of the one packet processing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.