Local identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11310846-B2
Application number	US-202017131246-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2020
Priority date	May 12, 2017
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

A method implemented by a user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication network to support incremental deployment of identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout. The method includes receiving an advertisement for a first access point name (APN) and a second APN from a source eNodeB, where the first APN is associated with a user plane packet gateway (P-GWu) that is implemented at the source eNodeB, and where the second APN is associated with a packet gateway (P-GW) in a core of the cellular communication network, establishing a first PDN session associated with the first APN, establishing a second PDN session associated with the second APN, sending traffic destined for a first Correspondent Node (CN) that is determined to be ILNP capable via the first PDN session, and sending traffic destined for a second CN that is determined not to be ILNP capable via the second PDN session.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by a user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication network to support incremental deployment of identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout in the cellular communication network, the method comprising:
receiving an advertisement for a first access point name (APN) and a second APN from a source evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNodeB), wherein the first APN is associated with a user plane packet gateway (P-GWu) that is implemented at the source eNodeB, and wherein the second APN is associated with a packet gateway (P-GW) in a core of the cellular communication network;
establishing a first PDN session associated with the first APN;
establishing a second PDN session associated with the second APN;
sending traffic destined for a first Correspondent Node (CN) that is determined to be ILNP capable via the first PDN session; and
sending traffic destined for a second CN that is determined not to be ILNP capable via the second PDN session.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an indication from the source eNodeB that the UE is to be handed over to a target eNodeB;
disconnecting from the source eNodeB;
connecting to the target eNodeB; and
sending a redirect message to the first CN that indicates how the UE can be reached.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the target eNodeB has ILNP breakout capability, and wherein the redirect message indicates that the UE can be reached using a locator assigned to the UE at the target eNodeB.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
receiving traffic buffered at the target eNodeB that was forwarded by the source eNodeB to the target eNodeB.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the target eNodeB does not have ILNP breakout capability, and wherein the redirect message indicates that the UE can be reached using a locator associated with the P-GW in the core of the cellular communication network.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the redirect message is an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect message.

7. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
sending an update message to a mapping server that indicates how the UE can be reached.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, to all CNs that initiate sessions with the UE, a redirect message that indicates how the UE can be reached.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having computer code stored therein, which when executed by a set of one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) in a cellular communication network, causes the UE to perform operations for supporting incremental deployment of identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout in the cellular communication network, the operations comprising:
receiving an advertisement for a first access point name (APN) and a second APN from a source evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNodeB), wherein the first APN is associated with a user plane packet gateway (P-GWu) that is implemented at the source eNodeB, and wherein the second APN is associated with a packet gateway (P-GW) in a core of the cellular communication network;
establishing a first PDN session associated with the first APN;
establishing a second PDN session associated with the second APN;
sending traffic destined for a first Correspondent Node (CN) that is determined to be ILNP capable via the first PDN session; and
sending traffic destined for a second CN that is determined not to be ILNP capable via the second PDN session.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving an indication from the source eNodeB that the UE is to be handed over to a target eNodeB;
disconnecting from the source eNodeB;
connecting to the target eNodeB; and
sending a redirect message to the first CN that indicates how the UE can be reached.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the target eNodeB has ILNP breakout capability, and wherein the redirect message indicates that the UE can be reached using a locator assigned to the UE at the target eNodeB.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving traffic buffered at the target eNodeB that was forwarded by the source eNodeB to the target eNodeB.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the target eNodeB does not have ILNP breakout capability, and wherein the redirect message indicates that the UE can be reached using a locator associated with the P-GW in the core of the cellular communication network.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the redirect message is an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) redirect message.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending an update message to a mapping server that indicates how the UE can be reached.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
sending, to all CNs that initiate sessions with the UE, a redirect message that indicates how the UE can be reached.

Assignees

• Ericsson Telefon Ab L M

Inventors

• Allan David Ian
• Halpern Joel

Classifications

• H04W36/08 Primary

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W8/082

  for traffic bypassing of mobility servers, e.g. location registers, home PLMNs or home agents · CPC title

• H04W88/16

  Gateway arrangements · CPC title

• H04W92/20

  between access points · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title