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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
May. 17, 2023
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Miguel Angel Puente Pestaña, Madrid, ES;
Carlos Jimenez Cordon, Madrid, ES;
Rodrigo Alvarez Dominguez, Madrid, ES;
Marc Molla, Madrid, ES;
Carlota Villasante, Madrid, ES;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method of managing traffic associated with a User Equipment, UE, by a User Plane Function, UPF, in a telecommunication network, said UPF being associated with a Session Management Function, SMF, and a Network Data Analytics Function, NWDAF, wherein said UPF has access to an observation space comprising a list of possible states said network may take and wherein said UPF has access to an action space comprising a list of possible actions that said UPF is allowed to perform, said method comprising the steps of receiving a state of said network, wherein said state is comprised by said list of possible states, receiving a reward, wherein said reward indicates a degree of satisfaction of said network to be in said state, receiving network traffic from said UE and performing, triggered by said received traffic, an action comprised by said list of possible actions based on said received state of said network and based on said received reward.