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Systems and methods for user plane function (“UPF”) offload at configurable routing fabric

US11431621B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Myron Eugene Bagwell · Southlake, US
Niranjan B. Avula · Frisco, US
Kalyani Bogineni · Irving, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 15, 2020
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 10, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/2441
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system described herein may provide for the separation of functions associated with a User Plane Function (“UPF”) in a wireless network (e.g., a Fifth Generation (“5G”) network), such that routing devices associated with the wireless network may perform functionality that would otherwise be performed by virtualized hosts or other configurable resources. For example, routing components which form a backhaul or other portion of the network may process traffic according to a suitable set of policies (e.g., Quality of Service (“QoS”) policies, content filtering policies, queueing policies, and/or other policies) instead of transmitting such traffic to a UPF associated with the network core for processing.

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