US 12,010,738 B2
Method and apparatus for enhancing reliability in wireless communication systems
Sangsoo Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Taesung Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Varini Gupta, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,823.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0100144 (KR), filed on Aug. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046729 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a user plane function (UPF) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a network function (NF), a packet forwarding control protocol (PFCP) association setup request;
receiving, from the NF, a PFCP association setup response including session management function (SMF) set related information corresponding to the association setup request; and
performing an operation related to a PFCP session with the NF based on the SMF set related information.