US 11,811,650 B2
Systems and methods for user plane function (“UPF”) offload at configurable routing fabric
Myron Eugene Bagwell, Southlake, TX (US); Niranjan B. Avula, Frisco, TX (US); and Kalyani Bogineni, Irving, TX (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/815,327.
Application 17/815,327 is a continuation of application No. 16/929,415, filed on Jul. 15, 2020, granted, now 11,431,621.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360523 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 45/30 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01); H04L 45/741 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/30 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 47/825 (2013.01); H04L 63/164 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
receive first traffic that is associated with a particular destination;
provide the received first traffic to a second device, wherein the second device:
processes the first traffic according to a particular set of policies associated with the first traffic, and
forwards the processed first traffic to the particular destination associated with the first traffic;
receive, from the second device, the particular set of policies associated with the first traffic;
receive second traffic that is associated with the particular destination;
process the second traffic according to the particular set of policies received from the second device; and
forward the processed second traffic to the particular destination without providing the second traffic to the second device.