US 12,010,758 B2
Dynamic user equipment (UE) group creation to coordinate devices
Aditya Prakash, Karnataka (IN); Ravi Shekhar, Maharashtra (IN); 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 May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,737.
Application 18/319,737 is a continuation of application No. 17/386,680, filed on Jul. 28, 2021, granted, now 11,706,608.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292103 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 8/186 (2013.01) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a device profile for a mobile device, the device profile identifying a plurality of device groups, wherein each device group is associated with a corresponding set of network settings;
selecting a first device group among the plurality of device groups for the mobile device based on a first device context of the mobile device;
directing a Session Management Function (SMF) in a network to support the mobile device with a first set of network settings corresponding to the first device group;
obtaining a notification of the mobile device in a second device context; and
responsive to the notification, selecting a second device group among the plurality of device groups for the mobile device and directing the SMF to support the mobile device with a second set of network settings corresponding to the second device group, the second set of network settings causing the SMF to reconfigure a user plane for the mobile device.