	US 12,238,634 B2
	Applying rules for routing outgoing traffic at a user device
Pavan Huggehalli, Mountain View, CA (US); and Jibing Wang, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/774,332
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/059309 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 4, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/092308, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,412, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408345 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 8/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 40/28 (2009.01); H04W 40/34 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 40/28 (2013.01) [H04W 40/34 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method of routing outgoing traffic of a user equipment (UE) that communicates with a core network (CN) via a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising:

determining, by the UE, a first traffic descriptor to be excluded from application of rules that specify route selection for the outgoing traffic;

receiving, from the CN, a set of rules specifying the route selection including:

a first rule referencing the first traffic descriptor and not referencing a second traffic descriptor, and

a second rule referencing the first traffic descriptor and the second traffic descriptor; and

preventing, by the UE, use of the first traffic descriptor for application of the first rule and the second rule.