Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Aruba Networks, Inc.

Redknee Inc.

Mavenir Networks, Inc.

Optiva Canada Inc.

Abhishek Mishra

Gopal Agarwal

Brijesh Kumar Yadav

Manaswini Lakshmikanth Sugatoor

Ataur Rehman

Manas Sharma

Gyorgy Tamas Wolfner

Tamanna Jindal

Vipin Padlikar

Raghuvamshi Thakur

Ashid Mohammed

A User Plane Function (UPF) of 5G Core network performs a search for the next hop in the data path, using utilities (e.g., Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) traceroute), and determines the capability of the next router and/or other hops in the path. The UPF updates (e.g., using the PATCH command) the Network Repository Function (NRF) with the gathered information. The UPF also updates the NRF the UPF's position in the current route, and the role(s) the UPF is playing at a given time, e.g., Branching Point (BP), Intermediate User Plane Function (I-UPF), and the like. The SMF is enabled to identify the UPF's capability for a given PDU Session. The selection of a given UPF for non-suitable roles can be prevented, and the UPF can be selected for those roles in which the UPF is more suitable at a given time.

Method and apparatus for user plane resource selection for 5G core

A policy server and a charging server authorize and authenticate data traffic bypassing a mobile network. The policy server stores subscriber records, each containing one a mobile subscriber identifier corresponding to a communication device. The policy server receives a control session request from a gateway server in a fixed broadband network, including a broadband subscriber identifier and a first network address. Responsive to receiving the request, the policy server creates and stores a control session record including the broadband subscriber identifier and the first network address. The policy server receives an access session request from an application server in a multimedia network, including a mobile subscriber identifier and a second network address. The policy server determines whether the first network address matches the second network address; and when the determination is affirmative, updates the control session record to insert the mobile subscriber identifier.

Method, system and apparatus for policy based authorization and authentication of data traffic bypassing mobile network

A method, system and apparatus for monitoring error correction data are provided. The method comprises receiving an authorization request defining a media session between an AF server and a mobile device from the AF server. The authorization request contains a media packet flow identifier and a corresponding forward error correction (FEC) packet flow identifier. The method includes deploying policy rules for the media session to a gateway server, the policy rules including the media packet flow identifier and the FEC packet flow identifier; receiving periodic reports from the gateway server, the reports including packet counts for each of the media packet flow and the FEC packet flow; determining whether bandwidth consumed by the FEC packet flow exceeds a predetermined threshold; and when the determination is affirmative, sending an action request to the AF server.

Method, system and apparatus for monitoring error correction data in media sessions

Example implementations relate to network deployment of devices. For example, a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource can determine a plurality of deployment thresholds of a plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of deployment thresholds are associated with a type of the plurality of devices. The instructions can cause the processing resource to monitor deployment data associated with the plurality of devices to identify a device with a deployment outlier. The device with the deployment outlier is a device with deployment data that is outside a deployment threshold of the device. The instructions can cause the processing resource to adjust the deployment threshold of the device based on the monitoring.

Network deployment

Apparatuses and methods are provided by which a second address of user equipment, which is served on a first address in a first network in a first address realm, to be used by the user equipment for a service in a second address realm is detected, the second address is stored together with the first address, and a network policy control element controlling policy in connection with the service in the second address realm is informed about the second address is. In this way, also a single stack user equipment may access services in different address realms.

Enabling multi-realm service access for a single IP stack UE

The present invention relates to networks and provides a method and network devices for energy conservation. The method may include detecting media traffic and media management traffic of a first service requested by a user device on a first bearer; segregating the media traffic and the media management traffic on the first bearer by creating a second bearer and transferring the media traffic or the media management traffic to the second bearer. Moreover, the method may include observing the bearer at which the media traffic was transferred, detecting that the media traffic has an inactive status and controlling the energy consumption at the user device based on the inactive status of the media traffic.

Method for controlling energy consumption and user device

Methods, apparatuses, system and a related computer program product for processing policy requests are disclosed. The method comprises receiving () a policy request for establishment of a session for a subscriber; determining () if the subscriber belongs to a group subscription; verifying () if a binding exists between at least one policy engine among a plurality of policy engines and the group subscription, if the subscriber belongs to the group subscription; and routing () the policy request to the at least one policy engine based on the binding for processing the policy request if the result of verification is positive.

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Abhishek Mishra