Upf selection based on slice-specific information
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsKameswaran Arunachalam, Rahul Amin
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Abstract
Described herein is a node of a telecommunications network configured to select a user plane function (UPF) to support a connection of the UE based on slice-specific information received by the node and associated with the connection. The node is also configured to select the UPF based on a configuration mapping UPFs to one or more values of information elements within the slice-specific information.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a node of a telecommunications network, slice-specific information associated with a connection of a user equipment (UE);
- and
- selecting, by the node, a user plane function (UPF) to support the connection of the UE, wherein the selecting is based on a configuration mapping UPFs to one or more values of information elements within the slice-specific information.
A session management function (SMF) comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- programming instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations including:
- receiving slice-specific information associated with a connection of a user equipment (UE);
- and
- selecting a user plane function (UPF) to support the connection of the UE, wherein the selecting is based on a configuration mapping UPFs to one or more values of information elements within the slice-specific information.
A non-transitory computer storage medium having stored thereon programming instructions that, when executed by one or more processor of a network repository function (NRF), cause the NRF to perform operations comprising:
- receiving from a session management function (SMF) slice-specific information associated with a connection of a user equipment (UE);
- and
- selecting a user plane function (UPF) to support the connection of the UE, wherein the selecting is based on a configuration mapping UPFs to one or more values of information elements within the slice-specific information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.