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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zongrui Ding, Portland, OR (US);
Qian Li, Portland, OR (US);
Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Paris, FR;
Sudeep Palat, Cheltenham, GB;
Thomas Luetzenkirchen, Taufkirchen, DE;
Abhijeet Kolekar, Portland, OR (US);
Ching-Yu Liao, Portland, OR (US);
Sangeetha Bangolae, Portland, OR (US);
Youn Hyoung Heo, Seoul, KR;
Xiaopeng Tong, Beijing, CN;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to service function chaining classification in wireless networks. A communications network system may include a first cellular network device configured to: receive service data adaptation protocol (SDAP) data from a user equipment (UE) device, the SDAP data comprising a SDAP header; identify a service chaining function (SFC) service identifier of the SDAP header; determine that the SFC service identifier is indicative of a SFC service profile, the SFC service profile indicative of quality of service (QOS) traffic characteristics; identify a SFC traffic flow associated with the SFC service identifier; and transmit the SDAP data to a second cellular network device; and wherein the second cellular network device is configured to: receive the SDAP data from the first cellular network device; and transmit the SDAP data to a service function of the system.