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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2020
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Somaraju Kaki, Bangalore, IN;
Sandeep Dasgupta, Bangalore, IN;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for optimizing user plane node selection process during a process of handing over user equipment between two communication networks. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a network component, a session creation request for handing over the user equipment, the user equipment having a current active communication session within a first communication network with a first node of the first communication network, the session creation request including an identifier of the first node; receiving, at the network component, a list of candidates to serve as a user plane serving gateway for the user equipment in the second communication network; and selecting, by the network component and based on at least the identifier of the first node, the first node from the list of candidates to serve as the user plane serving gateway for the user equipment in the second communication network.