Mobile network user plane with access network user plane function
AssigneeJuniper Networks, Inc.
InventorsZhaohui Zhang, Constantine Dimitrios-Polychronopoulos, Arda Akman
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Abstract
In an example, a method comprises executing, by an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a mobile network, an access network protocol to implement a connection with a user equipment (UE); implementing, by the ANUP, based on session data received from a control plane function of a mobile core network for the mobile network, an interface with a data network; and routing or switching, by the ANUP, packets between the connection with the UE and the interface with the data network.
Claims20
An access network user plane function (ANUP) for a mobile network, the ANUP comprising processing circuitry and configured to:
- execute an access network protocol to implement a connection with a user equipment (UE);
- implement, based on session data received from a control plane function of a mobile core network for the mobile network, an interface with a data network;
- and
- route or switch packets between the connection with the UE and the interface with the data network.
A mobile network system comprising:
- a mobile core network comprising a control plane function;
- and
- an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a mobile network, the ANUP configured to:
- execute an access network protocol to implement a connection with a user equipment (UE), implement, based on session data received from the control plane function of the mobile core network, an interface with a data network, and route or switch packets between the connection with the UE and the interface with the data network.
A method comprising:
- executing, by an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a mobile network, an access network protocol to implement a connection with a user equipment (UE);
- implementing, by the ANUP, based on session data received from a control plane function of a mobile core network for the mobile network, an interface with a data network;
- and
- routing or switching, by the ANUP, packets between the connection with the UE and the interface with the data network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.