US 12,335,836 B2
Provisioning user equipment route selection policies with service assurance
Ravi Shekhar, Pune (IN); and Vimal Srivastava, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,197.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022989 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 40/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
updating, by a Policy Control Function (PCF), a policy of a User Equipment (UE);
creating, by the PCF, a UE route selection policy (URSP) based on the updated UE policy;
setting, by the PCF, a flag in the URSP, wherein setting the flag comprises setting the flag in the USRP to a first value, wherein the first value indicates to the UE that the URSP is applicable for new sessions and inapplicable for ongoing sessions, and wherein setting the flag to a second value indicates to the UE that the USRP is applicable to all sessions; and
sending, to the UE, the URSP from the PCF, wherein the UE applies the URSP for new sessions.