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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2024
Mavenir Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abhishek Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Vipin Padlikar, Bangalore, IN;
Tamanna Jindal, McKinney, TX (US);
Rohit Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Mavenir Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
Minimizing signaling traffic between a User Plane (UP) and a Control Plane (CP), where Policy and Charging Function/Policy and Charging Rule Function (PCF/PCRF) software transmits a first and a second Policy and Charging Control rule (PCCRule1 and PCCRule2) to CP equipment. The CP equipment installs both PCCRule1 and PCCRule2 on UP equipment as UPRule1 and UPRule2 respectively, where UPRule1 is set as active during a first time period and the UPRule2 set as active during a second time period. User Plane Function (UPF) software matching data traffic with a Packet Detection Rule (PDR) to generate identified traffic during the first and second time periods and automatically redirecting data traffic to a predetermined location at the expiration of the first and second time periods respectively. UPRule1 and UPRule2 are automatically enabled and disabled alternatively after expiration of their respective timers by the UPF software.