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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Klaus Hoffmann, Munich, DE;
Gerald Goermer, Wandlitz, DE;
Assignee:
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 43/028 (2022.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04L 43/028 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for use in a communication network are provided. First protocol elements are acquired from a user plane of a first network entity of the communication network, the first network entity having a split network function into the user plane and a control plane. Second protocol elements are acquired from the control plane of the first network entity, and third protocol elements are generated from the first and second protocol elements for a second network entity of the communication network, the second network entity being separate from the first network entity.