US 11,930,471 B2
Supporting information centric networking in next generation cellular networks
Gabriel Arrobo Vidal, Hillsboro, OR (US); Geng Wu, Portland, OR (US); Qian Li, Beaverton, OR (US); Zongrui Ding, Portland, OR (US); and Ching-Yu Liao, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/288,837
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/058388
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/092263, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/755,146, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360563 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 60/00 (2013.01) [H04W 48/17 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus of an Information Centric Networking control function (ICN-CF) operable to register a user equipment (UE) for an ICN service in a Fifth Generation (5G) cellular network, the apparatus comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
interpret, at the ICN-CF in the 5G cellular network, ICN context information received from the UE via an Access and Mobility Management function (AMF) during a registration of the UE with the ICN service in the 5G cellular network;
assign, at the ICN-CF, an ICN point of attachment (ICN-PoA) to route ICN traffic for the UE based on the ICN context information, wherein the ICN traffic includes an ICN message; and
create, at the ICN-CF, ICN-PoA assignment information for transmission to the ICN-PoA, wherein the ICN-PoA assignment information indicates that the ICN-PoA is assigned to route the traffic for the UE, wherein the ICN-PoA assignment information is transmitted to a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) to enable the ICN message transmitted from the UE to the gNB to be routed directly from the gNB to the ICN-PoA;
and a memory interface configured to send to a memory the ICN context information.