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Data transmission with a user plane network element method, related device, and computer storage medium

US11510115B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2020
Grant dateNov 22, 2022
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/023
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method. According to the method, a mark is added to a data packet. After user equipment is handed over from an original device to a target device, and before a user plane network element receives a handover notification, the user plane network element sends, through a path used before handover, a data packet that carries a first mark to the original device. The original device modifies the first mark in the data packet to a second mark, and then forwards, to the target device, a data packet whose mark is modified and that carries the second mark. After receiving the handover notification, the user plane network element sends, to the target device, a data packet that carries a fourth mark. The target device can distinguish between sources of the received data packets based on different marks in the received data packets.

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