US 11,889,409 B2
Method of and a device for operating network gateway services in a service based telecommunications system
Attila Mihály, Dunakeszi (HU); György Miklós, Pilisborosjenö (HU); and Maria Cruz Bartolomé Rodrigo, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/252,557
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/066013
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/238249, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0258872 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/18 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Network Gateway Service (NGS) in a Service Based Architecture (SBA) domain, deployed in a core network of a telecommunications system, said NGS being configured to:
perform operational message handling with 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) communication entities of said telecommunications system external of said SBA domain in accordance with communication interface protocols of said telecommunications system; and
perform service message handling in said SBA domain with at least one of an Access and Mobility Function (AMF) and a Session Management Function (SMF) of said SBA domain, wherein
the NGS is separate from the AMF and the SMF,
said 3GPP communication entities at least comprise a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a User Equipment (UE) operatively connected to said RAN,
said operational message handling with said RAN is provided in accordance with core network control plane interface N2 functionality, and
said operational message handling with said UE is provided in accordance with core network control plane interface N1 functionality.