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.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A computing system comprising:
- processing circuitry in communication with storage media, the processing circuitry configured to execute an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a first public land mobile network (PLMN), the ANUP configured to:
- execute an access network protocol to implement a protocol data unit (PDU) session with a user equipment (UE);
- and
- extend, with a pseudowire, the PDU session to a network device in a second PLMN.
A method comprising:
- executing, by an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a first public land mobile network (PLMN), the ANUP executed by processing circuitry, an access network protocol to implement a protocol data unit (PDU) session with a user equipment (UE);
- and
- extending, by the ANUP, with a pseudowire, the PDU session to a network device in a second PLMN.
Non-transitory, computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause processing circuitry to:
- execute, by an access network user plane function (ANUP) for a first public land mobile network (PLMN), an access network protocol to implement a protocol data unit (PDU) session with a user equipment (UE);
- and
- extend, by the ANUP, with a pseudowire, the PDU session to a network device in a second PLMN.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.