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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Miguel Angel Muñoz De La Torre Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Juan-Mario Martin-Sanchez, Madrid, ES;
Carlos Jimenez Cordon, Madrid, ES;
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
According to an aspect, there is provided a method of operating a session management entity in a communication network. The method comprises sending () a first request to a user plane entity in the communication network. The first request relates to UE-to-UE communication and indicates a first set of Internet Protocol, IP, addresses available for allocation to UEs for which UE-to-UE communication is one of blocked or allowed; and at least one subset of the first set of IP addresses for which UE-to-UE communication is the other one of blocked or allowed.