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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventors:
Shaoji Ni, Helsinki, FI;
Francis Pak Kwan Tam, Kista, SE;
Assignee:
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 8/656 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/082 (2013.01); G06F 8/656 (2018.02); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traffic handling decision method, a network entity, a computer readable medium, and a traffic handling decision apparatus relate to upgrading a network service function within a mobile communication network. In this context the traffic handling decision apparatus distributes incoming request of the control plane to instances implementing the mobile network function either according to the current software version or an upgraded software version.