Cisco Technology, Inc.

Hyperblox Inc.

Arun C Alex

Rajesh P Velandy

Aeneas Sean Dodd-Noble

Rajesh Ramankutty

Stinson Samuel Mathai

Gibson Soon Teck Ang

Kevin Shatzkamer

Timothy Peter Stammers

Ramanathan T Jagadeesan

Humberto Jose La Roche

Maulik Vijay Vaidya

Lingesh Munagala

Wenxing Zheng

Sudhir Kunnath

Adi Raja Murugan

Gaurav Vaid

Mark Grayson

Srinath Gundavelli

Rajesh S Pazhyannur

Kuntal Chowdhury

Om Prakash Suthar

Pablo Camarillo Garvia

Rajeev Koodli

Irfan Ali

Sanil Kumar Puthiyandyil

Ravi Kiran Guntupalli

Pradeep Dakshayani

Gaetan Feige

Fred Chen

Steve W Wood

Pradeep K Dakshayani Raghavan

Bipin Mistry

Sailakshmi Mahalingam

Sanil-Kumar Puthiyandyil

David T Clough

Craig Robert Sanderson

Sailakshmi Mahalingham

Vijay Gaur

Xiangfu Chen

Jonathan A Morgan

Kevin D Shatzkamer

Stinson Mathai

Pradeep Dakshayani Raghavan

Methods for selecting network slice, session management, and user plane functions for user equipment (UE) are described. In one example, a control plane (CP) entity for mobility management may select a CP entity for session management for a session of a UE based on a first set of data items. The CP entity for mobility management may further select a user plane (UP) entity for the session of the UE based on a second set of data items, where second set of data items include at least some of the same data items of the first set. The CP entity for mobility management may send, to the selected CP entity, a message including an identity or indication of the selected UP entity for the session of the UE. The selected CP entity may select the identified or indicated UP entity for use in the session of the UE.

Methods and apparatus for selecting network slice, session management and user plane functions

An example embodiment may involve obtaining one or more blueprint files. The blueprint files may collectively define a system of processing nodes, a call flow involving a sequence of messages exchanged by the processing nodes, and message formats of the messages exchanged by the processing nodes. The example embodiment may also involve compiling the blueprint files into machine executable code. The machine executable code may be capable of: representing the processing nodes as decomposed, dynamically invoked units of logic, and transmitting the sequence of messages between the units of logic in accordance with the message formats. The units of logic may include a respective controller and one or more respective workers for each type of processing node.

Software acceleration platform for supporting decomposed, on-demand network services

Various implementations disclosed herein enable programming user plane gateway controllers over enhanced N9 interfaces. In various implementations, a method of gateway controlling is performed by a computing device including one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory. In various implementations the method includes determining, by a first packet gateway controller connected to a first session manager device, that a user equipment moved to a geographical area that is served by a second session manager device. In some implementations, the method includes receiving, by the first packet gateway device, a set of information for a second packet gateway device. In some implementations, the method includes transmitting, by the first packet gateway device, a session establishment request via a first network interface to the second packet gateway controller using segment routing via a second network interface.

UPF programming over enhanced N9 interface

A method is provided in one example and includes receiving at least one first input indicating at least one network condition associated with a first user device having a user associated therewith. The first user device has a first bearer channel established between the first user device and a gateway, and the first bearer channel has a first quality of service level. The method further includes determining whether to modify the first user device to a second quality of service level based upon the received at least one first input, and sending a first request to a first network element instructing the first network element to modify the first user device to the second quality of service level.

System and method for orchestrating policy in a mobile environment

Methods for selecting network slice, session management, and user plane functions for for user equipment (UE) are described. In one example, a control plane (CP) entity for mobility management may select a CP entity for session management for a session of a UE based on a first set of data items. The CP entity for mobility management may further select a user plane (UP) entity for the session of the UE based on a second set of data items, where second set of data items include at least some of the same data items of the first set. The CP entity for mobility management may send, to the selected CP entity, a message including an identity or indication of the selected UP entity for the session of the UE. The selected CP entity may select the identified or indicated UP entity for use in the session of the UE.

A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request for a service from a requestor, an determining at least a first network element and at least a second network element required to satisfy the request from among a plurality of network elements. The method further includes triggering a coordinating of a work flow between the first network element and the second network element responsive to the request. The method still further includes translating communication messages exchanged between the first network element and the second network element from a first communication protocol format and a second communication protocol format.

Orchestrating mobile data networks in a network environment

Systems and method are provided that allow a mobile device to communicate over multiple access technologies at the same time, including a cellular access technology, such as LTE, and via an untrusted WLAN access. The untrusted access is initiated via internet key exchange. The mobile device uses the same IP address over both access technologies.

Leveraging multiple access technologies simultaneously

A method is provided in one example and includes receiving data from a network element, determining a candidate data processing task for the received data based upon a first similarity metric between the received data and data currently associated with the candidate data processing task, and sending the received data to the candidate data processing task.

System and method for abstracting and orchestrating mobile data networks in a network environment

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for paging devices in a communication network. A network device providing mobility management through control messaging can be assigned a number of cell sites in multiple tracking areas. The network device such as a mobility management entity (MME) can use a subscriber-aware implementation to provide a hierarchy for contacting a mobile device with a page. The subscriber-aware implementation can be tailored to analyze subscriber activity such as frequency and timing, to page a subset of the total number of cell sites in multiple tracking areas based on the subscriber activity, and to expand the subset after unsuccessful attempts to page the mobile device.

Subscriber-aware paging

A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request from a first network element associated with a first network for establishing a first communication session between the first network element to a first user device associated with a second network. The request includes a first user identifier used to identify a first user associated with the first user device within the first network. The method further includes translating the first user identifier to a second user identifier in which the second user identifier is used to identify the first user within the second network. The method still further includes sending a first query including the second user identifier to a second network element, and receiving a first response message including quality of service information indicated by a policy associated with the second user identifier.

Integrated signaling between mobile data networks and enterprise networks

In one embodiment, a video processing server including a memory capable of storing data and a processor is disclosed. The processor is configured for using the data such that the video processing server can receive a request redirected from a gateway for a video content, wherein the request is redirected by the gateway based on information contained in the request and wherein the information contained in the request includes control data used for an optimal delivery of the video content. The processor is further configured for using the data such that the video processing server can send the redirected request to a content provider identified in the request, receive the requested video content from the content provider, and generate a response to the request by modifying the video content based on the control data.

Generating a response to video content request including dynamically processed video content

In a system and method for establishing communications in a communications network, a network service provider can assign IP addresses to mobile devices dynamically to conserve IP address resources. A network service provider can also implement network address translation to further conserve IP address resources and to provide improved security. If a requestor seeks to obtain an IP address of a mobile device and the address is a local address, the system determines if the mobile device has a network address translation (NAT) binding that associates the IP address of the mobile device with a public IP address. If the mobile device does not have a NAT binding, the system creates a NAT binding that associates the IP address of the mobile device with a public IP address.

Apparatus, systems, and methods for IP reachability in a communications network

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Arun C Alex