Mapping service for local content redirection
AssigneeConvida Wireless, LLC
InventorsMichael F. Starsinic, Qing Li, John L. Tomici
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Abstract
A mapping service in the mobile core network located after a packet data network gateway examines content requests from user equipment across a first PDN connection to determine if content associated with the content request is cached at an edge server outside of the packet data network. If the content from the packet data network is cached at the edge server, the mapping service redirects the user equipment to request the content from the edge server across a second PDN connection. By using a mapping service located after the packet data network gateway, the content requests may have already passed restrictions such as parental controls.
Claims20
A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving a packet data network service advertisement request message, wherein the packet data network service advertisement request message comprises an access point name and information that the UE uses to determine if it should connect to the access point name;
- and
- determining, using the information from the packet data network service advertisement request message, to connect to the access point name;
- sending packet data network connection request message, wherein the packet data network connection request message comprises the access point name;
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- establishing a first packet data network connection.
A method performed by a core network node, the method comprising:
- receiving access point name configuration information from a subscriber server, wherein the access point name comprises configuration information relating to a local network;
- sending a packet data network service advertisement request message to a user equipment (UE), wherein the packet data network service advertisement request message comprises an access point name and information that the UE uses to determine if it should connect to the access point name;
- receiving packet data network connection request message from the UE, wherein the packet data network connection request message comprises the access point name;
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- establishing a first packet data network connection with the UE.
An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a packet data network service advertisement request message, wherein the packet data network service advertisement request message comprises an access point name and information that the apparatus uses to determine if it should connect to the access point name;
- and
- determining, using the information from the packet data network service advertisement request message, to connect to the access point name;
- sending packet data network connection request message, wherein the packet data network connection request message comprises the access point name;
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- establishing a first packet data network connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.