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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Jani Olavi Soderlund, Vantaa, FI;
Juha Pekka Hyttinen, Kerava, FI;
Jyrki Olavi Nousiainen, Tuusula, FI;
Tapio Antero Kiviharju, Riihimäki, FI;
Niko Markus Savolainen, Kerava, FI;
Assignee:
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1407 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); H04L 67/2804 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for subscriber tracing comprises capturing user plane packets in a network apparatus implementing a 3GPP policy and charging enforcement functionality PCEF. Packet-specific metadata is added to a captured user plane packet. The packet-specific metadata may be used for facilitating subscriber-specific troubleshooting of core network elements.