The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
This application relates to the field of communications technologies. This application discloses a method, an apparatus, a network device, and a system for releasing an IP (Internet protocol) address, to resolve a problem that a time at which the IP address is released is not precise. The method includes: determining, by the first network device, that a PDU session anchor needs to be relocated from a first user plane function entity, where the first user plane function entity is the PDU session anchor of a first PDU session of a terminal; determining, by the first network device, that a first IP address of the terminal is no longer used, where the first IP address is an IP address used by the terminal in the first PDU session; and releasing, by the first network device, the first IP address.