US 12,075,496 B2
Method and apparatus for network function managing NIDD session
Hongxia Long, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/604,879
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/093805
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/215486, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/084503 (WO), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225444 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 76/12 (2018.01); H04W 88/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/12 (2018.02) [H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a network function in a communication network, comprising:
receiving a request for establishing a non-internet protocol data delivery (NIDD) session; and
selecting a user plane function (UPF) or a network exposure function (NEF), associated with the communication network, for establishing the NIDD session, wherein:
the selecting is based on a boolean-valued indication in session management data;
the NEF is selected when the indication has a true value; and
the UPF is selected when the indication has a false value or is absent from the session management data.