US 11,895,213 B2
Application server assisted content management in cellular network
Naveen Kumar, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,620.
Application 18/320,620 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/006824, filed on May 19, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202241029281 (IN), filed on May 20, 2022; and application No. 2022 41029281 (IN), filed on Apr. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0379399 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/568 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01); H04W 28/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 67/568 (2022.05) [H04L 67/60 (2022.05); H04W 28/065 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for content management in a cellular network, the method comprising:
receiving, by an application server, a content request comprising a file identity from a User Equipment (UE);
performing, upon receiving the content request, by the application server, at least one action associated with content caching, content retrieval, and content deletion;
assigning, by the application server, one or more assisting parameters in a header of an Internet Protocol (IP) packet, based on the at least one performed action; and
assisting, by the application server, at least one of a User Plane Function (UPF) device, and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) device of the cellular network to manage content, based on the one or more assigned assisting parameters.