Techniques to dynamically negotiate and provide compression for packet forwarding control protocol (pfcp) messages

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

• identifying, by a function, a negotiated compression algorithm to utilize for compressing one or more Packet Forwarding Control Protocol (PFCP) messages;
• determining whether a payload for a particular PFCP message is to be compressed based on at least one of system resources of the function and a size of the payload;
• based on determining that the payload is to be compressed, compressing the payload utilizing the negotiated compression algorithm to generate a compressed PFCP message;
• and
• setting a compression indication in a header of the compressed PFCP message.

A system comprising:

• at least one memory element for storing data;
• and
• at least one processor for executing instructions associated with the data, wherein executing the instructions causes the system to perform operations, comprising:
• identifying, by a function, a negotiated compression algorithm to utilize for compressing one or more Packet Forwarding Control Protocol (PFCP) messages;
• determining whether a payload for a particular PFCP message is to be compressed based on at least one of system resources of the function and a size of the payload;
• based on determining that the payload is to be compressed, compressing the payload utilizing the negotiated compression algorithm to generate a compressed PFCP message;
• and
• setting a compression indication in a header of the compressed PFCP message.