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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2022
Applicant:

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Kenneth Wan, Ottawa, CA;

Killian De Smedt, Antwerp, BE;

Sanjay Wadhwa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network element includes an aggregate gateway function having a control plane and a separate user plane, wherein the network element is configured to: establish a plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions for a plurality of packet data unit sessions between the residential gateway and the network, each of the plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions hosting a set of data packet forwarding rules for a respective packet data unit session among the plurality of packet data unit sessions; and facilitate network access by the residential gateway according to the plurality of first packet forwarding control protocol sessions.


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