US 12,267,905 B2
Systems and methods for virtualized session management
Jayshree A. Bharatia, Plano, TX (US); Amir Saghir, Frisco, TX (US); Ali Imdad Malik, East Brunswick, NJ (US); and Jerry Steben, Fort Worth, 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 Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,215.
Prior Publication US 2023/0422338 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/25 (2018.02) [H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 80/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
maintaining, by a device, a plurality of session management entities (SMEs) for a core network associated with a radio access network (RAN), wherein an SME, of the plurality of SMEs, includes a virtualized network function configured to manage, in the core network, communication sessions for wireless user equipment (UE) devices;
establishing, by a first SME of the plurality of SMEs, a communication session in the core network;
storing, by the first SME, session data for the communication session in a communication session database accessible by each of the plurality of SMEs;
receiving, by a second SME of the plurality of SMEs, a message associated with the communication session;
retrieving, by the second SME, session data for the communication session from the communication session database, based on receiving the message; and
processing, by the second SME, the message using the retrieved session data.