US 11,916,805 B2
Network device provisioning based on device type
Ather Sayeed Kanak, Fremont, CA (US); Abhishek Dhammawat, San Jose, CA (US); and Kedar Krishnanand Gaonkar, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,385.
Prior Publication US 2023/0353502 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 47/72 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04L 47/76 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/72 (2013.01) [H04L 47/76 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a packet core gateway of a cellular core network, wherein the packet core gateway is at least one of an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) or a Session Management Function (SMF) of the cellular core network:
identifying a device type of a network device, wherein the identifying includes obtaining an indication of the device type of the network device from a radio access node configured to perform radio frequency fingerprinting to determine the device type of the network device;
obtaining an indication to provision the network device, wherein the indication is a session establishment request obtained from the network device following completion of a registration of the network device with the cellular core network; and
in response to obtaining the indication to provision the network device, provisioning the network device with one or more network resources based on the device type of the network device.