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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2019
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Jiehong Yang, Mölndal, SE;
Carlos Jimenez Cordon, Madrid, ES;
Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Miguel Angel Puente Pestaña, Madrid, ES;
Yumei Song, Gothenburg, SE;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to Sx protocol extension to support node PDR. In one embodiment, there proposes a method () in a first network node () configured as control plane function (CPF). The first network node () is coupled to a second network node () configured as user plane function (UPF) via an Sx interface. The method () comprising transmitting (S) a message associated with a Packet Detection Rule (PDR) to the second network node () via the Sx interface, wherein the PDR is applicable to more than one Sx session. With embodiments herein, the CPF-UPF signaling throughput can be minimized significantly, and the memory footprint per Sx session can be decreased.