US 12,273,210 B2
Device type indication in session management operation
Weihua Qiao, Herndon, VA (US); Esmael Hejazi Dinan, McLean, VA (US); Kyungmin Park, Vienna, VA (US); and Peyman Talebi Fard, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to Peninsula Technologies, LLC, Allen, TX (US)
Filed by Peninsula Technologies, LLC, Allen, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/111,124.
Application 18/111,124 is a continuation of application No. 17/062,794, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,588,656.
Application 17/062,794 is a continuation of application No. 16/217,166, filed on Dec. 12, 2018, granted, now 10,797,894, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/613,317, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,308, filed on Dec. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198787 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/14 (2024.01); B60L 53/30 (2019.01); H04M 15/00 (2024.01); H04W 4/24 (2024.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 12/1407 (2013.01) [B60L 53/305 (2019.02); H04M 15/61 (2013.01); H04M 15/66 (2013.01); H04M 15/82 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 72/04 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A session management function (SMF), comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the SMF to perform operations comprising:
selecting a user plane function (UPF) based on a device type of a wireless device, responsive to a session establishment request to establish a packet data unit (PDU) session for the wireless device, wherein the device type of the wireless device is indicated with the session establishment request; and
sending, to the UPF, reporting rules based on a charging policy received from a policy control function (PCF) responsive to a charging policy request sent to the PCF,
wherein the PCF performs determining the charging policy based on the device type of the wireless device, and
wherein the selecting the UPF and the determining the charging policy are both based on the device type indicated with the session establishment request.