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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Mavenir Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Srinivas Garikipati, Bangalore, IN;
Abhishek Mishra, Bangalore, IN;
Vipin Padlikar, Bangalore, IN;
Tamanna Jindal, McKinney, TX (US);
Mavenir Systems, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method for sharing bandwidth consumption information in a communication system having a first user plane function (UPF), a second UPF and a third UPF, each of which serves an access point name (APN). The method includes (a) receiving by the first UPF from the second UPF, information indicating a bandwidth being consumed by the second UPF, (b) receiving by the first UPF from the third UPF, information indicating a bandwidth being consumed by the third UPF, (c) sending from the first UPF to the second UPF, information indicating a bandwidth being consumed by the first UPF and the third UPF, and (d) sending from the first UPF to the third UPF, information indicating the bandwidth being consumed by the first UPF and the second UPF. Thus, each of the first, second and third UPFs is aware of a total bandwidth being consumed for the APN.