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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2022
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mahesh Satyanarayana, Fremont, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms for processing broadcast data traffic for a plurality of user equipments (UEs) of a virtual network group are described herein. In one illustrative example, a user plane function may receive a broadcast packet from one of the UEs or a data network; perform a packet detection rule (PDR) lookup for the broadcast packet, for identifying a PDR and a forwarding action rule (FAR) associated with it; process the broadcast packet in accordance with an apply action of the FAR, for creating a tunnel management message having a payload which encapsulates the broadcast packet; and send the tunnel management message to a base station which is configured to perform unicast data delivery of the broadcast packet to each one of at least some of the plurality of UEs of the virtual network group. The user plane function may configured for use in a public cloud for 5G-as-a-Service (5GaaS).