US 12,302,167 B2
User plane path selection method and apparatus
Weiwei Chong, Shenzhen (CN); Xiaobo Wu, Shenzhen (CN); and Yang Xin, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Aug. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/408,022.
Application 17/408,022 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/076221, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910133914.8 (CN), filed on Feb. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392540 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04W 40/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a session management function network element, a service type corresponding to a terminal device;
sending, by the session management function network element and to a data analytics network element, a request message comprising an indication of the service type;
receiving, by the session management function network element, from the data analytics network element, and in response to the request message, first service experience analytics data corresponding to the service type, wherein the first service experience analytics data comprises an identifier of at least one application and predicted service experience information for the at least one application; and
selecting, by the session management function network element and based on the first service experience analytics data including the predicted service experience information for the at least one application, a first user plane path for a session of the terminal device.