Systems and methods for core network bypass in a wireless network
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsMark T. Watts, David Taft, Donna L. Polehn
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Abstract
A system described herein may receive an indication that a particular User Equipment (“UE”) has wirelessly connected to a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network. The RAN may be communicatively coupled to a core network of the wireless network. The system may identify that a core bypass policy is associated with the particular UE, and may instruct the RAN to bypass the core network when routing traffic associated with the particular UE. Based on the instruction to bypass the core network, the RAN may route traffic, received from the particular UE, to a Data Network (“DN”) without routing the traffic to the core network.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive an indication that a particular User Equipment (“UE”) has wirelessly connected to a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network, wherein the RAN is communicatively coupled to a core network of the wireless network, wherein the RAN and the core network are communicatively coupled to a Data Network (“DN”);
- identify particular UE attribute information associated with the particular UE, wherein the particular UE attribute information includes historical location information associated with the particular UE;
- determine, based on the historical location information, that the particular UE has remained within a coverage area of a particular base station of the RAN for at least a threshold duration of time;
- identify, based on determining that the particular UE has remained within the coverage area of the particular base station for at least the threshold duration of time, that the particular UE is associated with a particular core bypass policy;
- and
- instruct, based on identifying that the particular UE is associated with the particular core bypass policy, the RAN to bypass the core network when routing traffic associated with the particular UE,
- wherein based on the instruction to bypass the core network, the RAN routes traffic, received from the particular UE, to the DN without routing the traffic to the core network.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions to:
- receive an indication that a particular User Equipment (“UE”) has wirelessly connected to a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network, wherein the RAN is communicatively coupled to a core network of the wireless network, wherein the RAN and the core network are communicatively coupled to a Data Network (“DN”);
- identify particular UE attribute information associated with the particular UE, wherein the particular UE attribute information includes historical location information associated with the particular UE;
- determine, based on the historical location information, that the particular UE has remained within a coverage area of a particular base station of the RAN for at least a threshold duration of time;
- identify, based on determining that the particular UE has remained within the coverage area of the particular base station for at least the threshold duration of time, that the particular UE is associated with a particular core bypass policy;
- and
- instruct, based on identifying that the particular UE is associated with the particular core bypass policy, the RAN to bypass the core network when routing traffic associated with the particular UE,
- wherein based on the instruction to bypass the core network, the RAN routes traffic, received from the particular UE, to the DN without routing the traffic to the core network.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an indication that a particular User Equipment (“UE”) has wirelessly connected to a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network, wherein the RAN is communicatively coupled to a core network of the wireless network, wherein the RAN and the core network are communicatively coupled to a Data Network (“DN”);
- identifying particular UE attribute information associated with the particular UE, wherein the particular UE attribute information includes historical location information associated with the particular UE;
- determining, based on the historical location information, that the particular UE has remained within a coverage area of a particular base station of the RAN for at least a threshold duration of time;
- identifying, based on determining that the particular UE has remained within the coverage area of the particular base station for at least the threshold duration of time, that the particular UE is associated with a particular core bypass policy;
- and
- instructing, based on identifying that the particular UE is associated with the particular core bypass policy, the RAN to bypass the core network when routing traffic associated with the particular UE,
- wherein based on the instruction to bypass the core network, the RAN routes traffic, received from the particular UE, to the DN without routing the traffic to the core network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.