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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Yekta Turk, Ankara, TR;
Semiha Tedik Basaran, Istanbul, TR;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
There is provided a method for handling packets in a network. The method is performed by a first entity. The method is performed in response to receipt of a first packet, from a first network slice in the network, to be scheduled for a first service. A first priority value is assigned to the first packet by a provider of the first service. The method comprises setting () a second priority value for the first packet based on a comparison of the first priority value with at least one reference priority value. The second priority value is indicative of a priority with which the first packet is to be scheduled relative to at least one other packet.