Establishing a data plane session for a user equipment with a telecommunications network using an access network of the telecommunications network
US12238628B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 2022 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Establishing a data plane session for a user equipment with a network using an access network requires the existence of a data path in or through a forwarding entity of the network. The forwarding entity is part of the access network or is an IP edge network node, wherein the data path within the forwarding entity corresponds to a programmed data path in or through a forwarding entity defined by means of data path configuration information being used to identify the user equipment and/or the data plane session using the data path, wherein in order to establish the session, the method includes establishing the data path within the forwarding entity as an at least partly programmed and/or pre-provisioned data path, including the data path configuration information, wherein establishing the session for the user equipment involves the session and/or the user equipment to be assigned to the existing pre-provisioned data path.
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