US 12,413,472 B2
Control apparatus in communication system and control method therefor
Hiroaki Takano, Tokyo (JP); Hiroto Kuriki, Tokyo (JP); Shinichiro Tsuda, Tokyo (JP); Tomoaki Matsumura, Tokyo (JP); and Hirofumi Kasai, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/001,475
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/016884
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/261074, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-110153 (JP), filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224218 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 41/082 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/082 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus to be used in a communication system in which a base station and at least one user plane function are connected, the base station being located on a local area network, the at least one user plane function being located on a cloud, wherein
whether or not to add a new user plane function is determined in consideration of an amount of traffic of user data and an assumed amount of traffic of the new user plane function out of a maximum amount of traffic on the local area network, the user data being transferred by the at least one user plane function by use of the local area network.