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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2021
T-mobile Innovations Llc, Overland Park, KS (US);
Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Robert Keith Butler, Overland Park, KS (US);
Laurent Alexandre Laporte, Spring Hill, KS (US);
Tracy Lee Nelson, Overland Park, KS (US);
T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication network serves a User Equipment (UE) over multiple User Plane Function Groups (UPFGs). In the wireless communication network, a Session Management Function (SMF) receives UPFG performance metrics from the wireless communication network. The SMF identifies a Packet Data Flow Group (PDFG) for the UE. The SMF responsively selects one of the UPFGs for the PDFG based on the UPFG performance metrics. The selected UPFG comprises at least three User Plane Functions (UPFs) and the PDFG comprises at least two Packet Data Flows (PDFs). The SMF transfers network signaling to the selected UPFG to deliver the PDFG to the UE. The selected UPFG receives the network signaling and responsively exchanges user data for the UE to deliver the PDFG.