US 12,328,366 B2
Method and apparatus for session service management
Zhansheng Wei, Shanghai (CN); Yingjiao He, Shanghai (CN); Wu Wang, Shanghai (CN); Wenjun Liu, Shanghai (CN); Yunjie Lu, Shanghai (CN); and Huaicheng Dai, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/262,944
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/073194
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/161276, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2021/074443 (WO), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146812 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 67/14 (2022.01); H04W 76/34 (2018.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 67/14 (2013.01) [H04W 76/34 (2018.02); H04W 80/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a first session management function, comprising:
determining first N4 information related to a user plane function (UPF) wherein the first N4 information comprises an identifier of the UPF; and
sending a first message comprising the first N4 information to a second session management function.