Method and system for uplink classifier and branching point service
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsYousef Abdelmalek, Maqbool Chauhan, Jerry Steben, Parry Cornell Booker
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Abstract
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an uplink classifier and branching point service is provided. The service may include the management of user plane function devices or uplink classifier devices according to various architectures and connectivity among the user plane function devices or uplink classifier devices. The service may allow end devices situated in different locations to connect to different application service host devices and application service layer networks based on such management.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a network device that is part of a core network, a request;
- evaluating, by the network device, the request;
- determining, by the network device based on the evaluating, to insert a user plane function device or an uplink classifier device according to a configuration based on an architecture selected from a ternary or higher choice of architectures, which include a serial architecture, a distributed architecture, and a mesh architecture, pertaining to the user plane function device or the uplink classifier device;
- and
- causing, by the network device, an insertion of the user plane function device or the uplink classifier device according to the configuration.
A network device comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a request, wherein the network device is part of a core network;
- evaluate the request;
- determine, based on the evaluation, to insert a user plane function device or an uplink classifier device according to a configuration based on an architecture selected from a ternary or higher choice of architectures, which include a serial architecture, a distributed architecture, and a mesh architecture, pertaining to the user plane function device or the uplink classifier device;
- and
- cause an insertion of the user plane function device or the uplink classifier device according to the configuration.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a network device, which when executed cause the processor to:
- receive a request, wherein the network device is part of a core network;
- evaluate the request;
- determine, based on the evaluation, to insert a user plane function device or an uplink classifier device according to a configuration based on an architecture selected from a ternary or higher choice of architectures, which include a serial architecture, a distributed architecture, and a mesh architecture, pertaining to the user plane function device or the uplink classifier device;
- and
- cause an insertion of the user plane function device or the uplink classifier device according to the configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.