Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Service delivery to handed over user equipment (UE) using a software-defined networking (SDN) controller
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Application No.: US16086570Application Date: 2016-03-29
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Publication No.: US10904802B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Andreas Witzel
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/051754 WO 20160329
- International Announcement: WO2017/168205 WO 20171005
- Main IPC: H04W36/00
- IPC: H04W36/00 ; H04W36/08 ; H04W36/30 ; H04W24/02 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L29/08 ; G06F9/455 ; H04W8/08

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method implemented in a virtual network function (VNF) manager for delivering of services to a roaming UE is disclosed. The method includes identifying a trigger condition for handing-over delivery of at least a subset of services from a radio interface of a source radio base station to a radio interface of a target radio base station. The method also includes transferring the subset of the services to the target radio base station through a route based on information from a software-defined networking (SDN) controller of a SDN system that includes the source radio base station and the target radio base station. The method further includes causing at least one VNF to be deployed on the target radio base station, the at least one VNF on the target radio base station being adapted to offer the subset of the services to the roaming UE.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190104442A1 SERVICE DELIVERY TO HANDED OVER USER EQUIPMENT (UE) USING A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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