Discovery of a user plane function that supports cellular IoT optimization

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a network exposure function from an application function, a first message requesting delivery of one or more Internet of Things (IoT) packets to a wireless device;

sending, by the network exposure function to a network repository function, a second message requesting a discovery of a user plane function that supports cellular IoT optimization;

receiving, by the network exposure function from the network repository function, a third message comprising an identifier of the user plane function that supports the cellular IoT optimization; and

sending, by the network exposure function to the user plane function, a fourth message requesting delivery of the one or more IoT packets to the wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more IoT packets are cellular IoT packets.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message further comprises:

an identifier of the wireless device; and

the one or more IoT packets.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first message is a non-IP data delivery (NIDD) request.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message further comprises a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) of the network exposure function.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the third message further comprises:

an address of the user plane function that supports delivery of the one or more IoT packets; and

one or more single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) associated with the user plane function that supports the delivery of the one or more IoT packets.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising buffering, by the network exposure function, the one or more IoT packets.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fourth message is a data notification message.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the network exposure function to a session management function (SMF), a data notification for the wireless device.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the network exposure function to the user plane function (UPF), the one or more IoT packets.

11. A network exposure function comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network exposure function to:

receive from an application function, a first message requesting delivery of one or more Internet of Things (IoT) packets to a wireless device;

send to a network repository function, a second message requesting a discovery of a user plane function that supports cellular IoT optimization;

receive from the network repository function, a third message comprising an identifier of the user plane function that supports the cellular IoT optimization; and

send to the user plane function, a fourth message requesting delivery of the one or more IoT packets to the wireless device.

12. The network exposure function of claim 11 , wherein the one or more IoT packets are cellular IoT packets.

13. The network exposure function of claim 11 , wherein the first message further comprises:

an identifier of the wireless device; and

the one or more IoT packets.

14. The network exposure function of claim 11 , wherein the second message further comprises a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) of the network exposure function.

15. The network exposure function of claim 11 , wherein the third message further comprises:

an address of the user plane function that supports delivery of the one or more IoT packets; and

one or more single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAIs) associated with the user plane function that supports the delivery of the one or more IoT packets.

16. The network exposure function of claim 11 , further comprising buffering, by the network exposure function, the one or more IoT packets.

17. The network exposure function of claim 11 , wherein the fourth message is a data notification message.

18. The network exposure function of claim 11 , further comprising sending, by the network exposure function to a session management function (SMF), a data notification for the wireless device.

19. The network exposure function of claim 11 , further comprising sending, by the network exposure function to the user plane function (UPF), the one or more IoT packets.

20. A system comprising:

a network exposure function comprising:

one or more first processors; and

first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the network exposure function to

receive from an application function, a first message requesting delivery of one or more Internet of Things (IoT) packets to a wireless device;

send to a network repository function, a second message requesting a discovery of a user plane function that supports cellular IoT optimization;

receive from the network repository function, a third message comprising an identifier of the user plane function that supports the cellular IoT optimization; and

send to the user plane function, a fourth message requesting delivery of the one or more IoT packets to the wireless device;

a network repository function comprising:

one or more second processors; and

memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the network repository function to:

receive from the network exposure function, the second message; and

send to the network exposure function, the third message; and

a user plane function comprising:

one or more third processors; and

memory storing third instructions that, when executed by the one or more third processors, cause the user plane function to receive the fourth message.