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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Alessio Casati, West Molesey, GB;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a distributed unit of a radio access network node at a centralized unit control plane part of the radio access network node, an indication that the distributed unit supports network slices providing local switching at the distributed unit, indicating, from the centralized unit control plane part of the radio access network node to a core network, that the distributed unit of the radio network node supports network slices providing local switching at the distributed unit, receiving a user equipment context from the core network, for a user equipment providing a request for local switching at the distributed unit, the request including an indication the user equipment is allowed to use at least one of the network slices providing local switching at the distributed unit, configuring for each of the network slices providing local switching at the distributed unit, at least one data transmission context at the distributed unit such that the user plane of the user equipment is terminated at the distributed unit and a protocol data unit session associated with the data transmission context becomes available to the user equipment for local switching at the distributed unit and configuring for each of the network slices providing local switching at the distributed unit at least one data transmission context at the user equipment such that the user equipment can use the protocol data unit session for local switching at the distributed unit.