US 12,074,758 B2
Method for configuring a terminal device
Nicolas Bihannic, Chatillon (FR); and Olivier Le Grand, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 18/002,111
Filed by Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/FR2021/051074
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/255382, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2006353 (FR), filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308346 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0281 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A configuration method comprising:
configuring a terminal device able to be connected to a slice of a communication network, said slice being instantiated to route data between the terminal device and a service device in accordance with at least one routing criterion, the configuring being implemented by management equipment for the terminal device, the management equipment being able to communicate with the terminal device and an administration entity for the network, the configuring comprising:
receiving from the administration entity and the storing into memory a configuration context for the terminal device, the context containing a group of identifiers of connection devices for connecting the terminal device to the communication network, one of the identifiers corresponding to an identifier of a proxy connection device able to aggregate data relating to the terminal device from the other connection devices of the group, an identifier of the network slice, associated with the proxy connection device and the other connection devices, and an identifier of the terminal device; and
transmitting, to the terminal device, a configuration message containing the identifier of the proxy connection device and the identifier of the network slice, said configuration message enabling exchange of data between the terminal device and the service device via the proxy connection device.