Dynamic user equipment (UE) group creation to coordinate devices

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface configured to communicate with a plurality of computing devices in a wireless network system;
• and
• a processor coupled to the network interface, the processor configured to:
• obtain a device profile for a mobile device via the network interface, the device profile identifying a plurality of device groups, wherein each device group is associated with a corresponding set of network settings;
• select a first device group among the plurality of device groups for the mobile device based on a first device context of the mobile device;
• cause the network interface to direct a Session Management Function (SMF) in a network to support the mobile device with a first set of network settings corresponding to the first device group;
• obtain via the network interface, a notification of the mobile device in a second device context;
• and
• responsive to the notification, selecting a second device group among the plurality of device groups for the mobile device and causing the network interface to direct the SMF to support the mobile device with a second set of network settings corresponding to the second device group, the second set of network settings causing the SMF to reconfigure a user plane for the mobile device.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and, when the software is executed on a processor of a network node of a network system, operable to cause the processor to:

• obtain a device profile for a mobile device, the device profile identifying a plurality of device groups, wherein each device group is associated with a corresponding set of network settings;
• select a first device group among the plurality of device groups for the mobile device based on a first device context of the mobile device;
• direct a Session Management Function (SMF) in the network system to support the mobile device with a first set of network settings corresponding to the first device group;
• obtaining a notification of the mobile device in a second device context;
• and
• responsive to the notification, selecting a second device group among the plurality of device groups for the mobile device and directing the SMF to support the mobile device with a second set of network settings corresponding to the second device group, the second set of network settings causing the SMF to reconfigure a user plane for the mobile device.