Data buffering method and session management function entity

    公开(公告)号:US11464070B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US16661101

    申请日:2019-10-23

    Abstract: A data buffering method including: a session management function (SMF) interacting with a first user plane function (UPF1) and a second UPF2, such that the UPF1 sends first downlink data of a first session to an access network device via UPF2, where UPF1 is an anchor of the first session; and the SMS releasing UPF2 in a procedure in which a terminal device enters an idle state and a transmission resource associated with the first session in an access network is released, where UPF1 buffers incoming second downlink data of the first session. After the terminal device is switched to a connected state, both a transmission path of incoming third downlink data of the first session and that of the buffered second downlink data pass through UPF1, UPF3, the access network device, and the terminal device successively.

    Communication method and communications device thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11451286B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US16824859

    申请日:2020-03-20

    Abstract: This application provides a communication method. The communication method includes: obtaining, by the database network element, training data, where the training data includes service transmission data and network data; sending, by the database network element, the training data to the data analytics network element; and receiving, by the database network element, first information from the data analytics network element, where the first information includes a first feature index list set, a service identifier corresponding to each feature index list in the first feature index list set, and a DNN corresponding to the service identifier.

    Clock source determining method and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11411667B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-09

    申请号:US17031524

    申请日:2020-09-24

    Inventor: Fangyuan Zhu Yan Li

    Abstract: A clock source determining method and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: A session management network element receives a session request from a mobility management network element. The session request includes information about a network slice and a DNN, and the session request is used to request to create a session. The session management network element determines clock source information corresponding to both the information about the network slice and the DNN. The session management network element sends the clock source information to an access network device. The clock source information is used by the access network device to perform clock synchronization with a terminal device.

    Data forwarding method, apparatus, and system

    公开(公告)号:US11357077B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16822674

    申请日:2020-03-18

    Inventor: Jiao Yang Yan Li Hui Ni

    Abstract: A data forwarding method includes receiving, by a session management function network element, information about a first bearer in a first network from an access and mobility management function network element; and sending flow information of a first flow in a second network and forwarding information to the access and mobility management function network element. The flow information indicates a flow for data forwarding, and the forwarding information is used for forwarding the first flow to a tunnel corresponding to the first bearer.

    Network slice management method and device

    公开(公告)号:US11323336B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-03

    申请号:US16829061

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Abstract: This application discloses a network slice management method and a device that is designed to improve network slice deployment efficiency. In the network slice management method, after obtaining indication information of a network slice template and performance requirement information of a target network slice, a first network management device may determine deployment information of the target network slice based on the two pieces of information, and may manage the target network slice based on the deployment information of the target network slice, without manual involvement. Therefore, network slice deployment efficiency can be improved.

    Service Packet Transmission Method and Apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US20220116134A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17561190

    申请日:2021-12-23

    Abstract: A service packet transmission method and apparatus, the method including receiving, by the source mobile edge computing network element, after a source mobile edge computing network element receives a second uplink service packet, a first uplink service packet sent by a source user plane network element and that is from a target user plane network element, where the second uplink service packet is the last uplink service packet sent by the source mobile edge computing network element to a source application server, sending, by the source mobile edge computing network element, the first uplink service packet to a target mobile edge computing network element, and sending, by the source mobile edge computing network element, first indication information to the target mobile edge computing network element, the first indication information indicating that the sending of the first uplink service packet by the source mobile edge computing network element ends.

    Session Management Method, Apparatus, and System

    公开(公告)号:US20220109973A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17551551

    申请日:2021-12-15

    Abstract: A communication method and apparatus, where the method includes: a session management network element sending location area information; a mobility management network element receiving the location area information from the session management network element; obtaining location information of a terminal; determining, based on the location area information and the location information, that the terminal is located outside a service area indicated by the location area information; and in response to the determination, sending, to the session management network element, a message for triggering update of a session management information.

    Session handling method and related device

    公开(公告)号:US11228951B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-18

    申请号:US16791784

    申请日:2020-02-14

    Inventor: Qianghua Zhu Yan Li

    Abstract: A session handling method and a related device, where the method includes: receiving, by a first access and mobility management function (AMF) network element, a first message from a second AMF network element, where the first message includes information about a network slice corresponding to current sessions of a terminal; when determining that the first AMF network element does not support a network slice corresponding to a first session, sending, by the first AMF network element, a first notification message to the second AMF network element, where the first notification message notifies that the first AMF network element does not support the network slice corresponding to the first session; and releasing, by the second AMF network element, a network resource corresponding to the first session. A waste of network resources can be reduced using this application.

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