US Patent 11178048 User-plane path selection for the edge service

Patent 11178048 was granted and assigned to Apple (company) on November, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Patent Applicant

Apple (company)

Current Assignee

Apple (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

11178048

Date of Patent

November 16, 2021

Patent Application Number

16809329

Date Filed

March 4, 2020

Patent Primary Examiner

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Christine T Duong

Patent abstract

Techniques for a selection or reselection a user-plane path in a mobile network are disclosed herein. A user-plane gateway (GW-U) can be configured to decode a packet received from a control plane gateway (GW-C) in a packet data network gateway (PGW) to determine a forwarding policy. Additionally, the GW-U can decode, from an evolved node B (eNB), an internet protocol (IP) packet having a header field. Furthermore, the GW-U can determine a user-plane path for the IP packet based on a comparison of the header field and the forwarding policy. Based on the determined user-plane path, the GW-U can forward the IP packet to a local application server (AS), encapsulate and forward the IP packet to the PGW, or discard the IP packet. Moreover, the GW-U can encode the IP packet for transmission based on the determined user-plane selection.