Integration of radio and core layers
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorsKalyani Bogineni, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Jin Yang
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Abstract
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a radio and core integrated layers service is provided. The service provides a direct mapping of a quality of service flow between a packet data unit layer and a service data adaptation layer associated with a user plane function and a central unit-user plane function without an intermediary mapping of a tunneling protocol in the user plane.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a network device, a message pertaining to an establishment of packet data unit (PDU) session for an end device;
- determining, by the network device, that the message includes collocation guidance information;
- selecting, by the network device in response to the determining, a user plane function and a central unit-user plane function of the network device;
- and
- mapping, by the user plane function and the central unit-user plane function, a quality of service flow to the PDU session directly with a radio bearer without an intermediary mapping of a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) tunnel, wherein the quality of service flow includes at least one of uplink or downlink user plane data.
A network device comprising:
- a communication interface;
- a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions;
- and
- a processor, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
- receive, via the communication interface, a message pertaining to an establishment of packet data unit (PDU) session for an end device;
- determine that the message includes collocation guidance information;
- select, in response to the determination, a user plane function and a central unit-user plane function of the network device;
- and
- map, by the user plane function and the central unit-user plane function, a quality of service flow to the PDU session directly with a radio bearer without an intermediary mapping of a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) tunnel, wherein the quality of service flow includes at least one of uplink or downlink user plane data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a network device, which when executed cause the network device to:
- receive a message pertaining to an establishment of packet data unit (PDU) session for an end device;
- determine that the message includes collocation guidance information;
- select, in response to the determination, a user plane function and a central unit-user plane function of the network device;
- and
- map, by the user plane function and the central unit-user plane function, a quality of service flow to the PDU session directly with a radio bearer without an intermediary mapping of a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol User Plane (GTP-U) tunnel, wherein the quality of service flow includes at least one of uplink or downlink user plane data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.