Operation method of user plane management function in service-based interface
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsQuang Tung THAI, Namseok KO
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Abstract
Proposed is a network function for UPF management in a mobile communication system. The network function includes a memory configured to store at least one program therein, a transceiver configured to transmit and receive at least one signal, and a processor configured to execute the at least one program stored in the memory, wherein the processor is configured to register at least one UPF on the basis of a network slice, receive a UPF selection-related query message from an SMF, compute a UPF path on the basis of the query message, and forward, to the SMF, a response including the computed UPF path.
Claims15
A network function for user plane function (UPF) management in a mobile communication system, the network function comprising:
- a memory configured to store at least one program therein;
- a transceiver configured to transmit and receive at least one signal;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the at least one program stored in the memory,
- wherein the processor is configured to
- register at least one UPF on the basis of a network slice,
- receive a UPF selection-related query message from a session management function (SMF),
- compute a UPF path on the basis of the query message, and
- forward, to the SMF, a response including the computed UPF path.
A user plane function (UPF) management method performed by a network function in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
- registering at least one UPF on the basis of a network slice;
- receiving a UPF selection-related query message from a session management function (SMF);
- computing a UPF path on the basis of the query message;
- and
- forwarding, to the SMF, a response including the computed UPF path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.