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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 27, 2021
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Antonio Cañete Martinez, Madrid, ES;
Tianmei Liang, Shanghai, CN;
Wenliang Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to optimized procedure for Packet Flow Description (PFD) management. In one embodiment, there proposes a method () for managing Packet Flow Description (PFD), comprising: receiving (S) from a Session Management Function (SFM) () or a User Plane Function (UPF) () a demand message indicating the demand for at least one PFD rule for an application; detecting (S) the at least one PFD rule for the application; and notifying (S) information regarding the at least one PFD rule to the SMF () or the UPF (). The embodiments herein may achieve an optimized procedure for PFD Management which optimizes the delivery of PFD rules, by reducing the amount of signaling and by reducing the number of hops between the producer (AF) and the consumer (UPF).