US 12,273,705 B2
Providing an operator-encrypted partial user equipment route selection policy to user equipment
Srinath Gundavelli, San Jose, CA (US); and Vimal Srivastava, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,549.
Prior Publication US 2024/0040375 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 12/033 (2021.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/033 (2021.01) [H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, by a network element, a policy object from a policy function of a mobile network operated by a mobile network operator, wherein the policy object comprises an application specific user equipment route selection policy (URSP) for an application in which the application specific URSP is encrypted by the policy function; and
providing, by the network element, the policy object to a user equipment that has at least one session established with the mobile network, wherein the user equipment is to decrypt the application specific URSP to facilitate network communications for the application via the user equipment, and wherein the network element is an application function operated by an application service provider or is an application function or a Domain Name System (DNS) server operated by the mobile network operator.