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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/747 (2013.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/742 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for reusing a tag. The method is performed in a service function node of a mobile communication network and comprises receiving an uplink packet originating from a wireless device; obtaining at least one tag from the uplink packet, wherein each tag is a name value pair added by a node after the packet leaves the wireless device; and adding the at least one tag to a downlink packet destined for the wireless device, wherein the at least one tag influences how the downlink packet is forwarded.