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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2024
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
Jong Seok Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Nam Seok Ko, Daejeon, KR;
Sun Jin Kim, Sejong-si, KR;
Sun Me Kim, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A network function performs session management in a mobile communication system. The network function includes a memory configured to store at least one program, a transceiver unit configured to transmit and receive at least one signal, and a processor configured to execute at least one program stored in the memory, wherein the processor performs session establishment based on a terminal request, allocates at least one uplink tunnel endpoint ID (TEID) and at least one downlink TEID based on the session establishment, determines an uplink segment routing (SR) route and a downlink SR route based on segment routing IPV6 (SRv6), and performs SR route setup for at least one network function based on the determined uplink SR route and the determined downlink SR route.