Communication management in mobile networks having split control planes and user planes
First Claim
1. A method in a communication system of transferring control of a user-plane entity from a first control-plane entity to a second control-plane entity, comprising the steps of:
- sending, by the user-plane entity to the first control-plane entity, a set of identifying parameters;
sending, by the first control-plane entity to the second control-plane entity, the set of identifying parameters;
determining, in the second control-plane entity, whether the user-plane entity can be controlled by the second control-plane entity; and
if the user-plane entity can be controlled by the second control-plane entity, then sending, by the second control-plane entity to the user-plane entity, an indication that a change in control-plane entities has occurred and that at least some resources of the user-plane entity that were controlled by the first control-plane entity are to be controlled by the second control-plane entity.
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Abstract
A method in a communication system of transferring control of a user-plane entity from a first control-plane entity to a second control-plane entity is provided. The user-plane entity sends a set of identifying parameters to the first control-plane entity, which subsequently sends the set of identifying parameters to the second control-plane entity. The second control-plane entity determines if it can control the user-plane entity. If the second control-plane entity can control the user-plane entity, then the second control-plane entity sends an indication to the user-plane entity that a change in control-plane entities has occurred and that at least some resources of the user-plane entity that were controlled by the first control-plane entity are to be controlled by the second control-plane entity. The resources may be allocated to a mobile terminal and the change in control entity may be the result of a change in location of the mobile terminal.
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7 Claims
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1. A method in a communication system of transferring control of a user-plane entity from a first control-plane entity to a second control-plane entity, comprising the steps of:
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sending, by the user-plane entity to the first control-plane entity, a set of identifying parameters; sending, by the first control-plane entity to the second control-plane entity, the set of identifying parameters; determining, in the second control-plane entity, whether the user-plane entity can be controlled by the second control-plane entity; and if the user-plane entity can be controlled by the second control-plane entity, then sending, by the second control-plane entity to the user-plane entity, an indication that a change in control-plane entities has occurred and that at least some resources of the user-plane entity that were controlled by the first control-plane entity are to be controlled by the second control-plane entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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