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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present disclosure proposes a method performed in a communication network () for handing over a user equipment (UE) () from a serving anchor node () to a target anchor node () for user plane traffic and a corresponding network element. The method comprises: transmitting to the target anchor node () a user addition request comprising at least an identifier of the UE (); receiving from the target anchor node () a user addition response indicating that the target anchor node () is ready for handling the user plane traffic for the UE (); and transmitting, to a Software Defined Networking Controller (SDNC) () which serves the UE (), a downlink (DL) traffic steering request for steering DL user plane traffic for the UE () from the serving anchor node () to the target anchor node ().