Abstract:
According to methods for service based mobility management, a map between a plurality of service classes and/or message types and a plurality of predetermined contents of data packets is acquired (S101, S201, S301). A service class and/or message type is detected for an incoming request message (S102). A predetermined content of a data packet corresponding to the service class and/or message type is determined from the map (S103). The incoming request message is forwarded (S104) in the data packet including the predetermined content. Then, the predetermined content of the data packet is detected (S202), the service class and/or message type corresponding to the predetermined content is determined (S203) from the map, and the incoming request message is forwarded (S204) in a data block including a predetermined indication of the service class and/or message type determined.
Abstract:
An apparatus of a communication network is provided, which detects (S10) that a user equipment attaching to the communication network belongs to a subscriber group, and determines (S11) a monitoring entity to monitor network resource usage for the user equipment and/or a control entity to control the monitoring for the user equipment, wherein for each user equipment belonging to the subscriber group the same monitoring entity and the same control entity are determined.
Abstract:
Various communication systems may benefit from improvements in communication flow. For example, a network may benefit from packet flow optimization. A method can include receiving a flow at an entity of a communication system having a virtualized control plane. The method can also include dynamically deciding how to route the flow to an entity selected from a group of entities comprising at least one virtualized part of an entity. The method can further include routing the flow as decided.
Abstract:
The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for policy control with Mobile Edge Computing. An apparatus of the invention comprises a Mobile Edge Computing server connected between a radio network and a core network including a Packet-Gateway and a Core Network Policy and Charging Control Function, and on which Mobile Edge Computing applications are running, a Mobile Edge Computing Policy and Charging Control Function, and an interface between the Mobile Edge Computing Policy and Charging Control Function and the core network Policy and Charging Control Function, wherein, when a via Mobile Edge Computing application, which is a Mobile Edge Computing application as an intermediate data flow handler, is detected in the core network, a control session to exchange Policy and Charging Control related control and/or synchronization information via the interface is set up.
Abstract:
There are provided measures for enabling/realizing integrity control in service chaining. Such measures exemplarily comprise determining a demand for integrity control for a service function of a service function entity in a service chaining scenario in which a service is provided via a service chain of a plurality of service function entities, and requesting one or more of the plurality of service function entities in the service chain other than said service function entity to report on occurrence of a specific event during provision of said service, the specific event being relevant for said service function of said service function entity, wherein at least one of the requested service function entities reports on occurrence of the specific event after detection of occurrence of the specific event during provision of said service in response to a corresponding request.
Abstract:
It is provided a method, comprising configuring one or more instances of a first downstream network function (e.g. MME) such that each time when a first downstream transaction (e.g. a session establishment message) is requested from any of the one or more instances of the first downstream network function the respective instance of the first downstream network function requests a second downstream transaction from an instance of a predetermined group of one or more instances of a second downstream network function (e.g. a PCRF) to complete the first downstream transaction request; and prohibiting an apparatus performing the method from configuring the one or more instances of the first downstream network function such that any of the one or more instances of the first downstream network functions requests the second downstream transaction from an instance of the second downstream network function not belonging to the predetermined group. The method is applied in IMS and the evolved packet core.
Abstract:
There is provided a method comprising determining a bearer to be used for first traffic between a user equipment and one of a plurality of base stations in dependence on information indicating the user equipment's ability to communicate with a plurality of base stations, policy rules, and information about the application characteristics of said first traffic.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method are provided by which, in an apparatus for setting up and maintaining network functions, identities of first type network functions and second type network functions are stored, wherein the first type of virtual network functions are configured to select one or more of the second type network functions, and, for each first type network function, information regarding second type network functions which are selectable by the corresponding first type network function based on information regarding physical conditions of the first type network functions and the second type of virtual network functions are maintained.