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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventor:
Hongxia Long, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/12 (2018.02); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for a network function managing NIDD session. The method comprises: receiving (S) a request for establishing a NIDD session, wherein NIDD refers to non-internet protocol data delivery; and selecting (S) a user plane function, UPF, or a network exposure function, NEF, for establishing the NIDD session. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the selection between the different mechanisms for NIDD session may be configured explicitly. Thus, the efficiency of managing NIDD session is improved.