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US 2023/0413353 A1Published application
Inter-plmn user plane integration
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsAna Lucia Pinheiro, Robert Jaksa, Samian Kaur, Stephie Lim
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for improving data accessibility between home network operators and roaming network operators. An intermediate session management function of a first operator and a session management function of a second operator may be connected via an interface. A session may be created between a user device and a data network based on the intermediate session management function and the session management function.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, based on a location of a user device, an indication of an intermediate session management function of a network of a first operator, wherein the location is beyond a service area associated with a session management function of a network of a second operator;
- receiving, based on an N16a interface associated with the intermediate session management function of the first operator and the session management function of the network of the second operator and based on credentials of a subscriber to the network of the second operator indicative of the user device having access to the network of the second operator, information for establishing a session associated with the user device and a data network name of the second operator;
- and
- sending, based on the information, a packet.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a network of a first operator;
- sending, based on the request, a query to a session management function of a second operator;
- receiving, based on a location of a user device and the query, a response from the session management function of the second operator;
- initializing, based on the response, an intermediate session management function of the first operator;
- receiving, based on an N16a interface associated with the intermediate session management function of the first operator and the session management function of the network of the second operator, information for establishing a session associated with the user device and a data network name of the second operator;
- and
- sending, based on the information, a packet.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a network of a first operator;
- sending, based on the request, a query to a session management function of a network of a second operator;
- receiving, based on a location of a user device and the query, a response from the session management function of the network of the second operator;
- receiving, based on an N16a interface associated with an intermediate session management function of the network of the first operator and the session management function of the network of the second operator, information for establishing a session associated with the user device and a data network name of the second operator;
- determining, based on the information, a policy associated with a user plane function;
- and
- sending, based on the information and the policy, a packet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.